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Red Summer was a period in mid-1919 during which white supremacist terrorism and racial riots occurred in more than three dozen cities across the United States, and in one rural county in Arkansas.
The Red Summer saw Black populations fight back aggressively against racial violence and intimidation in ways that were not typical before. The Red Summer of 1919 did not intimidate African Americans into submission, as their tormentors had hoped.
Jun 28, 2021 · The Red Summer was a pattern of white-on-black violence that occurred in 1919 throughout the United States. The post World War I period was marked by a spike in racial violence, much of it directed toward African American veterans returning from Europe, where they were often treated much better there than by white Americans, despite their brave ...
Jul 26, 2019 · Red Summer of 1919: How Black WWI Vets Fought Back Against Racist Mobs. When dozens of brutal race riots erupted across the U.S. in the wake of World War I and the Great Migration, black veterans...
Jul 29, 2019 · An expert explains what to know about the Chicago race riots and the deadly Red Summer of 1919—and how its effects are still felt today.
Dec 2, 2009 · The Chicago Riots of 1919, part of the period coined Red Summer, produced days of bloodshed after a Black teenager was killed for swimming at a white beach.
Feb 4, 2021 · During “Red Summer,” thousands of Black people were fatally shot, lynched and burned alive. Hundreds of Black-owned businesses and homes in Black communities were obliterated in fires fueled ...
Jun 2, 2021 · Red Summer refers to the blood they shed. Washington Post staff writer DeNeen Brown has investigated this history closely. She helped make two new documentaries from National Geographic and...
May 20, 2020 · Red Summer was a pattern of white-on-black violence that occurred in 1919 throughout the United States. The post-World War I period was marked by a spike in racial violence, much of it directed toward African American veterans returning from Europe, where they were often treated much better there than by white Americans, despite their brave ...
Red Summer, though brief, convinced many African Americans that their participation in a war for democracy did not mean that white domination in America was going to disappear. The events pushed many blacks into militant action.
