East St. Louis riots of 1917

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:event
gptkbp:affects political activism
racial divisions
urban decline
gptkbp:aftermath increased racial segregation
formation of civil rights organizations
gptkbp:casualties African American community
white mobs
40-250
gptkbp:cause racial tensions
gptkbp:commemoration gptkb:historical_markers
gptkbp:community_feedback memorial services
calls for justice
gptkbp:complications hundreds
gptkbp:consequences few prosecutions
gptkbp:cultural_aspect labor competition
gptkbp:cultural_impact increased awareness of racial issues
gptkbp:date July 2-3, 1917
gptkbp:government_response National Guard intervention
gptkbp:historical_context post-World War I America
gptkbp:historical_documentation academic papers
oral histories
eyewitness accounts
government reports
photographs and news articles
gptkbp:historical_significance highlighted racial violence in the U. S.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label East St. Louis riots of 1917
gptkbp:investigates investigated by the Illinois National Guard
gptkbp:is_involved_in white residents
African American residents
gptkbp:location gptkb:East_St._Louis,_Illinois
gptkbp:media_coverage extensive
gptkbp:migration gptkb:Great_Migration
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:W._E._B._Du_Bois
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Ida_B._Wells
gptkb:James_Weldon_Johnson
gptkb:Marcus_Garvey
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:Chicago_race_riot_of_1919
gptkb:Red_Summer_of_1919
gptkbp:result destruction of property
deaths of African Americans
gptkbp:scholarly_analysis examined in civil rights studies
gptkbp:tactics gptkb:Holocaust
arson
assaults
gptkbp:trade_goods industrial jobs
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:East_St._Louis,_Illinois,_USA
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5