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University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Eslarp: Race Riot at East St. Louis, 1917

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This chapter from a book about East St. Louis relates the horror of the East St. Louis Massacre where maurading whites fired on African Americans and torched their homes. Read about the aftermath of the massacre and what happened to those involved.

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Concepts
prejudice, racism
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Additional Tags
african american great migration, east st. louis massacre, east st. louis riot, race riots, violence against african americans
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)