The Race Riots of 1919 The Red Summer and the Birth of the Civil Rights Movement

America has a LONG history of racial violence. In the light of recent events I examine the outburst of race riots in 1919 that has been called the Red Summer which led to the birth of the Civil Rights Movement.

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