In this episode Alyssa tells Pat about the 1919 Race Riots which are considered to be, simultaneously, amongst the least known and the bloodiest in US history. I am not going to lie it is unpleasant but important.

Also, expletives employed.

Alyssa is working on something fun for next week. 

Show Notes:

History Channel: The Red Summer of 1919

NPR: Red Summer In Chicago: 100 Years After The Race Riots

Chicago Tribune: ‘Ready to explode’: How a black teen’s drifting raft triggered a deadly week of riots 100 years ago in Chicago

"A Crowd of Howling Negroes": The Chicago Daily Tribune Reports the Chicago Race Riot, 1919

Chicago Magazine: Blood in the Streets

“Chicago and Its Eight Reasons”: Walter White Considers the Causes of the 1919 Chicago Race Riot

DuSable Museum: TROUBLED WATERS: CHICAGO 1919 RACE RIOT

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