Why Chicago Had Race Riots During The ‘Red Summer’ Of 1919 - podcast episode cover

Why Chicago Had Race Riots During The ‘Red Summer’ Of 1919

Curious City
Jul 21, 2019•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast
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Episode description

Long-brewing racial tensions came to a head one hot summer day, when a black boy was drowned near a whites-only beach.