#otd 1917 — “From July 2 through July 5, 1917, at least 39—and by some estimate as many as 200—African Americans were shot, hanged, beaten to death, or burned alive after being driven into burning buildings. The riots caused more than $400,000 in property damage and prompted 6,000 African Americans—more than half of East St. Louis’s African American population—to flee the city.”
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https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/jul/3