An edition of The Chicago Race Riots (2013)
The Chicago Race Riots
July, 1919
By Carl Sandburg
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Publish Date
2013
Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
Language
eng
Pages
87
Description:
Summary:Nearly a century ago, an African American teenager crossed an invisible line of segregation at a Chicago beach and paid with his life. The incident set off days of violence, resulting in dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries. This contemporary account was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sandburg, who reported on the riots for the Chicago Daily News