Chicago Race Riot of 1919

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Chicago_Race_Riot_of_1919

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event race riot
gptkbp:affects	gptkb:African-American white Americans
gptkbp:arrested	over 1,000
gptkbp:cause	gptkb:Great_Migration racial tensions segregation competition for jobs
gptkbp:commemorates	historical markers memorials in Chicago
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:documentedIn	gptkb:Chicago_Commission_on_Race_Relations_report gptkb:The_Negro_in_Chicago_(book)
gptkbp:endDate	1919-08-03
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	highlighted racial tensions in northern cities influenced housing segregation policies led to increased civil rights activism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Chicago Race Riot of 1919
gptkbp:impact	gptkb:activist urban policy changes
gptkbp:injuries	over 500
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Chicago
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	national newspapers
gptkbp:notableVictim	gptkb:Eugene_Williams African American residents white residents
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Red_Summer
gptkbp:perpetrator	white mobs gangs
gptkbp:propertyDamage	millions of dollars in damages over 1,000 homes destroyed
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Elaine_Massacre gptkb:Red_Summer gptkb:Tulsa_Race_Massacre
gptkbp:response	police intervention Illinois National Guard deployed
gptkbp:startDate	1919-07-27
gptkbp:studiedBy	historians sociologists
gptkbp:triggeredBy	drowning of Eugene Williams
gptkbp:victim	38
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Q191802 gptkb:Omaha_Race_Riot_of_1919
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6