The Chicago 1919 Race Riot-- Part 2: Sunday, July 27, 1919

Yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of the beginning of this tragic event in Chicago.  As I have already stated, 38 people -- 23 Black and 15 White; 520 injured -- 2/3 Black and Whites torched the homes of some 1,000 Blacks.

It lasted for a week.

From the July 26, 2019, Chicago Sun-Times  "Ride reflects on city's most violent week" by Maudlyne Ihejirika.

Sadly, there is little to mark it in Chicago.  The only permanent thing is a marker near 29th Street.  It reads:

"A RIOT IS THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNHEARD."   Dr. Martin Luther King.

Dedicated to all the victims of the Race Riot that began near this place.

Sunday, July 27, 1919 a group of boys rafting on Lake Michigan drifted over an invisible racial barrier.  Rocks were thrown from the breakwater and Eugene Williams was struck.  His drowning sparked a week-long race riot that resulted in scores of deaths and injuries.

"DARKNESS CANNOT DRIVE OUT DARKNESS:  ONLY LIGHT CAN DO THAT.  HATE CANNOT DRIVE OUT HATE:  ONLY LOVE CAN DO THAT."  Dr. martin Luther King.

Sponsored by the students from York High School, Elmhurst, Illinois and Chicago Park District 2002.

Just One Marker?