. The Negro in Chicago; a study of race relations and a race riot. of thepersons criminally involved as follows: Negro White Cases Persons Cases Persons Indictments* 6 17 3 4 2 3 2 2 ?For brief description of cases see Appendix. There is evidence that the riot of 1919 aroused many citizens of both racesto a quickened sense of the suffering and disgrace which had come and mightcome again to the community, and developed a determination to prevent arecurrence of so disastrous an outbreak of race hatred. This was manifest,as another section of this report shows, in the courage and control which pe
. The Negro in Chicago; a study of race relations and a race riot. of thepersons criminally involved as follows: Negro White Cases Persons Cases Persons Indictments* 6 17 3 4 2 3 2 2 ?For brief description of cases see Appendix. There is evidence that the riot of 1919 aroused many citizens of both racesto a quickened sense of the suffering and disgrace which had come and mightcome again to the community, and developed a determination to prevent arecurrence of so disastrous an outbreak of race hatred. This was manifest,as another section of this report shows, in the courage and control which peopleof both races displayed on at least two occasions in 1920 when confrontedsuddenly with events out of which serious riots might easily have grown. This examination of the facts of the riot reveals certain outstandingfeatures, as follows: 1. The riot violence was not continuous, hour by hour, but was inter-mittent. 2. The greatest number of injuries occurred in the district west of Went-worth Avenue, inclusive of Wentworth, and south of the Chicago River to. MILK WAS DISTRIBUTED FOR THE BABIES
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