The Chicago Race Riots, July 1919


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(3.8 stars; 16 reviews)

Carl Sandburg's succinct reporting on and reflections upon the race riots that broke out In Chicago in July 1919. - Summary by KevinS (2 hr 15 min)

Chapters

Introductory Note 4:14 Read by KevinS
The Chicago Race Riots 7:21 Read by KevinS
The Background 8:15 Read by KevinS
The Negro Migration 7:11 Read by KevinS
Real Estate 6:41 Read by KevinS
Demand for Negro Labor 8:51 Read by KevinS
New Industrial Opportunities 7:29 Read by KevinS
After Each Lynching 9:40 Read by KevinS
Trades for Colored Women 13:18 Read by KevinS
Negroes and Rising Rents 11:24 Read by KevinS
Unions and the Color Line 12:53 Read by KevinS
About Lynchings 7:19 Read by KevinS
Negro Crime Tales 6:58 Read by KevinS
Colored Gamblers 8:13 Read by KevinS
An Official of the Packers 4:57 Read by KevinS
Mr. Julius Rosenwald Interviewed 5:15 Read by KevinS
Federal Action 5:31 Read by KevinS

Reviews


(5 stars)

This is A great book about a terrible time our nation. Although this is when it was at its worse it still has room to get better. Reading this book gives us a better understanding and the narrator was great.a great book,a sad time.