The Chicago Race Riots: July, 1919

by Sandburg, Carl; Lippmann, Walter; Buhle, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780486498454
• ISBN10: 048649845X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-02-21
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Nearly a century ago, an African American teenager crossed an invisible line of segregation at a Chicago beach and paid with his life. The incident set off days of violence, resulting in dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries. This contemporary account was written by Pulitzer Prizewinning author Carl Sandburg, who reported on the riots for the Chicago Daily News.

Author Biography

American writer, editor, and poet Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) published more than 40 books and won three Pulitzer Prizes, two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. This volume is drawn from his reportage for the Chicago Daily News.

Table of Contents

Introductory Note by Walter Lippman

Preface to the Dover Edition

I. The Chicago Race Riots

II. The Background

III. The Negro Migration

IV. Real Estate

V. Demand for Negro Labor

VI. Nwe Industrial Opportunities

VII. After Each Lynching

VIII. Trades for Colored Women

IX. Negroes and Rising Rents

X. Unions and the Color Line

XI. Abouth Lynchings

XII. Negro Crime Tales

XIII. Colored Gamblers

XIV. An Official of the Packers

XV. Mr. Julius Rosenwald Interviewed

XVI. For Federal Action