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A bike tour in Chicago brings riders up close to Chicago's 1919 race riots, honoring the 38 victims and highlighting the riots' impact. A somber history lesson on two wheels is taught by visiting ...

MACOMB, IL - - The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project (CRR19) is excited to host its first ever historic walking tour in Chicago's Loop from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. Peter ...

The summer of 1919 shattered the optimism that followed the end of World War I. Across America, bomb plots, anti-communist ...

A hundred years ago, on a hot summer day on a segregated beach in Chicago, a 17-year-old boy named Eugene Williams drifted into what was then known as the white side of the beach. Eugene was black.

A state marker that remembers one of the darkest chapters in Longview’s history now has a home outside the Gregg County Courthouse. The Texas Historical Commission marker for the 1919 race riot was ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 27, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. 1960: A Chicago Helicopter Airways ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — On this day in 1919, the Charleston Race Riot took place. This was a violent anti-black attack led by white sailors and civilians that started on King Street. The attack ...

Foreword / by Honorable Frank O. Lowden -- Introduction -- The problem -- Ch. 1. The Chicago riot, July 27-August 2, 1919 -- Ch. 2. Other outbreaks in Illinois -- Ch. 3. The migration of Negroes from ...

The Red Summer and the Red Scare -- Race riot at Chicago -- Going into Canaan -- Labor conflict and racial violence -- Contested neighborhoods and bombings -- Politics -- The "New Negro," the police, ...