Chicago Race Riot 1919-- Part 7: On the Bike Tour

You can find details of those who died that week, both Black and White on an interactive map created by Univ. of Chicago Professor John D. Clegg that also lists the injured and incidents of bombing and arson.

**  The next stop on the bike tour is 3624 S. King Dr., once home to famed civil rights activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett, who took testimony from victims and appeared before a grand jury on their behalf.

**  Then to 3365 S. Indiana Ave., a home bomb with homemade explosions or Molotav cocktails which white gangs used to destroy homes in the "Black Belt."

**  Next is 3501 S. Wabash Ave., now the Chicago Police Dept. headquarters parking lot.  In 1919, it was the site of the Angelus, the only building in the "Black Belt" with predominantly white residents.  Four people were killed here in a clash between Blacks and police.

**  Across the street is De La Salle Institute, where the late Mayor Richard J. Daley graduated in 1919.  Daley was a member of the Hamburg Athletic Club, a Bridgeport Irish gang cited for some of the beatings and bombings.  Daley always denied that he took part in the riots.