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Remembering Chicago’s Red Summer of 1919
In 1919, award-winning poet Eve L. Ewing explores the story of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919—which lasted eight days and resulted in thirty-eight deaths and almost 500 injuries—through poems recounting the stories of everyday people trying to survive and thrive in the city.
By Jim Plank / July 25 2019
