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The Texas Historical Commission marker for the 1919 race riot was unveiled this past week during a public ceremony.

Editor's note: Hundreds of African Americans died at the hands of white mob violence during "Red Summer" but little is widely known about this spate of violence a century later. As part of its ...

East Texans gathered near Gregg County Courthouse in Longview on Thursday to unveil a historical marker remembering a dark moment in the city’s past. In 1919, ...

Discover the history of the 1919 Barry race riots at Merthyr Dyfan Cemetery. Victorian Barry Experience tour marks Black History Month.

Foreword / by Honorable Frank O. Lowden -- Introduction -- The problem -- Ch. 1. The Chicago riot, July 27-August 2, 1919 -- Ch. 2. Other outbreaks in Illinois -- Ch. 3. The migration of Negroes from ...

President Biden signed a proclamation that ensures the Springfield race riots of 1908 are never forgotten by declaring the site a national monument, reports CNN. In August 1908, a white mob burned, ...

In August of 1908, mobs of white people attempted to drive the African American citizens of Springfield, Illinois, from that city during two days of murder, arson, and beatings. Outraged that such ...

Eleven additional sets of human remains have been found in connection with the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, race riots, three of which have gunshot wounds, the city said Friday. Two of the victims have ...