History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1089 short lesson, about 20 seconds
East St. Louis
Captions available
The idea
Race riots broke out in twenty-five cities in nineteen seventeen alone, and in East St. Louis thirty-nine Black residents were killed.
In practice
Violence against migrants in the cities they had come to for work.
Where people slip
The anchor ties the riots to the tensions the migration created in northern cities.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
Something wrong in this lesson? Flag it · Sources for History of the United States II