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Chicago Race Riots 1919 Kristy Brugar Wayne State University, Detroit, MI NCHE & DeKalb County Schools, GA. http://ashp.cuny.edu/ashp-documentaries/up-south / • Why did many African Americans leave the South and move North? • What was it like in the North for African Americans?

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  1. Chicago Race Riots 1919Kristy BrugarWayne State University, Detroit, MINCHE & DeKalb County Schools, GA

  2. http://ashp.cuny.edu/ashp-documentaries/up-south/ • Why did many African Americans leave the South and move North? • What was it like in the North for African Americans? • Why did racial tensions rise right after WWI?

  3. Documents A, B, C, D, E

  4. As a Group Read Documents A & B On what points to the accounts agree? Disagree? Which account do find more reliable? Why?

  5. Do you believe that one boy’s death could start a massive riot? Why or why not? What other conditions were probably in place that created a climate for a riot?

  6. As a Group Read Documents C, D, & E

  7. According to the documents, what caused the Chicago Race Riots of 1919? Do you think one of these causesled to the violence more than the other causes? Why? Why do you think there were 20 riots across the nation that summer? Do you think the Chicago Race Riots would have happened even if that boy didn’t get killed in Lake Michigan? Why or why not?

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