Some RARE photos of the Chicago 1919 Race Riots

[cole phelps]

Men outside of the office of black Chicago businessman Jesse Binga, summer of 1919. “During Chicago’s riot,” writes David Krugler, “African-Americans gathered on street corners in the riot zone to share news and to form self-defense forces.”

 

[Originalman]

Also want y'all to know mayor Daley Sr. participated in this riot.

 

[cole phelps]

shyt is fukked. I honestly wish I had the ability to go back in time see these and other things. Photos and video only scratch the surface of how our people lived.

 

[loyola llothta]

Men outside of the office of black Chicago businessman Jesse Binga, summer of 1919. “During Chicago’s riot,” writes David Krugler, “African-Americans gathered on street corners in the riot zone to share news and to form self-defense forces.”

but but but if you dress different

 

[Ooh Marty]

So many black men have died by the hands of black men on these same blocks named (the lowend) within the past 30 years

Cacs damn near murked us all in my city now we working overtime to kill eachother and finish the cacs dirty work. ......

 

[TheGregReaper]

Another @cole phelps classic

 

[KingFreeman]

Trying to remember if this was Chicago or another event. Whites got the work here though.

 

[Citi Trends]

all these "race riots" usually boil down to white people terrorizing blacks

 

[@OffHalsted]

 

[Grand Cru Boo]

Constant reminder why I am the way I am today. Nothing can convince me otherwise. our tenure in this country has been nothing but chaos from the beginning but we continue to defy the odds. They've tried to kill us a 100000 ways but we continue to overcome. If this doesn't touch your heart nothing will. Even when everyone else counted us out we still continue to stand tall. I would never change who I am. Too many brothers and sisters have sacrificed their lives for the betterment of our people. Salute a real one when you see them

 

[Another Man]

true brothas weren't playing no more

Too bad nikkas these days are too p*ssy to handle shyt like they did back then....

 

[@OffHalsted]

Too bad nikkas these days are too p*ssy to handle shyt like they did back then....

Covert Racism & white supremacy, Bein able to spend money @ white stores & bein able to fukk cacs got nikkas confused/under the impression that shyt changed

 

[Kwéyòl]

3 years from now and this even will take place one hundred years ago

 

[Ol’Otis]

same thing happen in rosewood, matter of fact the summer of 1919 the country was full of race riots

Red Summer (1919) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Kwéyòl]

same thing happen in rosewood, matter of fact the summer of 1919 the country was full of race riots

Red Summer (1919) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

one year after ww1 nikkas just came home fighting for they country only to be treated like shyt