The Chicago Race Riots, July 1919

Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)

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

Genre(s): *Non-fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Introductory Note KevinS
00:04:14
Play 01 The Chicago Race Riots KevinS
00:07:21
Play 02 The Background KevinS
00:08:15
Play 03 The Negro Migration KevinS
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Play 04 Real Estate KevinS
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Play 05 Demand for Negro Labor KevinS
00:08:51
Play 06 New Industrial Opportunities KevinS
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Play 07 After Each Lynching KevinS
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Play 08 Trades for Colored Women KevinS
00:13:18
Play 09 Negroes and Rising Rents KevinS
00:11:24
Play 10 Unions and the Color Line KevinS
00:12:53
Play 11 About Lynchings KevinS
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Play 12 Negro Crime Tales KevinS
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Play 13 Colored Gamblers KevinS
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Play 14 An Official of the Packers KevinS
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Play 15 Mr. Julius Rosenwald Interviewed KevinS
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Play 16 Federal Action KevinS
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