Washington, D.C. race riot of 1919

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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