The Chicago Race Riots, July 1919


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(4 stars; 21 reviews)

Carl Sandburg's succinct reporting on and reflections upon the race riots that broke out In Chicago in July 1919. - Summary by KevinS (2 hr 15 min)

Chapters

Introductory Note 4:14 Read by KevinS
The Chicago Race Riots 7:21 Read by KevinS
The Background 8:15 Read by KevinS
The Negro Migration 7:11 Read by KevinS
Real Estate 6:41 Read by KevinS
Demand for Negro Labor 8:51 Read by KevinS
New Industrial Opportunities 7:29 Read by KevinS
After Each Lynching 9:40 Read by KevinS
Trades for Colored Women 13:18 Read by KevinS
Negroes and Rising Rents 11:24 Read by KevinS
Unions and the Color Line 12:53 Read by KevinS
About Lynchings 7:19 Read by KevinS
Negro Crime Tales 6:58 Read by KevinS
Colored Gamblers 8:13 Read by KevinS
An Official of the Packers 4:57 Read by KevinS
Mr. Julius Rosenwald Interviewed 5:15 Read by KevinS
Federal Action 5:31 Read by KevinS

Reviews


(5 stars)

This is A great book about a terrible time our nation. Although this is when it was at its worse it still has room to get better. Reading this book gives us a better understanding and the narrator was great.a great book,a sad time.

History


(5 stars)

My grandfather was 18 years old and my grandmother was 14 years old. Terrible time in Chicago history.