History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1114 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Red Summer
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The idea
In the Red Summer of nineteen nineteen race riots broke out in at least twenty-five cities, including Chicago and Washington, D.C., the Yawp says.
In practice
More than two hundred fifty dead across the riots, by the anchor's count.
Where people slip
The Yawp says the riots grew from wartime racial tensions in the cities the migrants had reached.
Your place on the trail
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