AAAD 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Sharecropping, Arson

• School: UNC
• Department: African, African American, and Diaspora Studies
• Course: AAAD 231
• Professor: Griffin, William

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In this presentation we will discuss a few of many events that occurred during the. Statistics: at least 25 major riots erupted, at least 52 blacks lynched, hundreds of people (mostly blacks) murdered, and thousands injured. Before 1915, african americans were treated equitable in chicago. With the great migration, thousands of blacks came to chicago. Target mostly homes, but some newspaper buildings/companies reported arson attempts. Tensions with irish-americans because of the cramped conditions and competition for jobs and because they controlled social and athletic clubs. Ethnic gangs broke out and targeted african americans. On july 27, 1919 a white man on the beach was throwing stones at black people. One hit eugene williams and he was killed. White police officer refused to prosecute perpetrator of crime and instead arrested a black man. African americans objected to this, and because of this, white mob violence ensued. Riots lasted almost a week, mostly ended because of the deployment of.