Washington, D.C. race riot of 1919

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historical event pogrom race riot racially motivated violence

The Washington, D.C. race riot of 1919 was a violent white supremacist attack on Black residents in the nation’s capital, emblematic of the racial tensions and unrest that swept the United States during the Red Summer.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ pogrom ⓘ race riot ⓘ racially motivated violence ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Washington race riot of 1919 NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. riot of July 1919 NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronology	followed by Chicago race riot of 1919 NERFINISHED ⓘ preceded by East St. Louis riots of 1917 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedBySource	NAACP reports NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. government documents ⓘ contemporary newspaper accounts ⓘ
endTime	1919-07-24 ⓘ
hasCause	competition for jobs and housing ⓘ post–World War I racial conflict ⓘ racial tensions ⓘ rumors of assaults on white women ⓘ white mob violence ⓘ white supremacist violence ⓘ
hasContext	Great Migration NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Crow era NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Summer of 1919 NERFINISHED ⓘ demobilization after World War I ⓘ
hasEffect	increased racial tensions in Washington, D.C. ⓘ national attention to racial violence ⓘ public debate over federal intervention in racial violence ⓘ strengthening of Black self-defense efforts ⓘ
hasLocation	District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	anti-Black racism in the United States ⓘ racial segregation in the United States ⓘ racial violence in the United States ⓘ
numberOfArrests	hundreds ⓘ
numberOfDeaths	at least 15 ⓘ
numberOfInjured	dozens ⓘ
oppressedGroup	African Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ
participant	Black residents of Washington, D.C. ⓘ District of Columbia police NERFINISHED ⓘ United States military servicemen NERFINISHED ⓘ federal troops ⓘ white mobs ⓘ
partOf	Red Summer NERFINISHED ⓘ racial conflicts of the post–World War I era ⓘ
perpetrator	white mobs ⓘ white servicemen ⓘ white supremacists ⓘ
pointInTime	July 1919 ⓘ
startTime	1919-07-19 ⓘ

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Red Summer → hasNotableEvent → Washington, D.C. race riot of 1919 ⓘ