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A bike tour in Chicago brings riders up close to Chicago's 1919 race riots, honoring the 38 victims and highlighting the riots' impact. A somber history lesson on two wheels is taught by visiting ...

A hundred years ago, on a hot summer day on a segregated beach in Chicago, a 17-year-old boy named Eugene Williams drifted into what was then known as the white side of the beach. Eugene was black.

The summer of 1919 shattered the optimism that followed the end of World War I. Across America, bomb plots, anti-communist ...

MACOMB, IL - - The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project (CRR19) is excited to host its first ever historic walking tour in Chicago's Loop from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. Peter ...

Foreword / by Honorable Frank O. Lowden -- Introduction -- The problem -- Ch. 1. The Chicago riot, July 27-August 2, 1919 -- Ch. 2. Other outbreaks in Illinois -- Ch. 3. The migration of Negroes from ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 27, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. 1960: A Chicago Helicopter Airways ...

An overview of race riots in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles -- The bloody riot of 1919 and its consequences -- The black uprising after King's assassination in 1968 -- The Harlem revolts of 1935 ...

Sunset 1919 is an annual artistic ritual presented by the Lookingglass Theatre, commemorating the start of the 1919 Chicago race riots. The event features music, movement, and spoken word, paying ...