Red Summer of 1919 Totally Explained

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Red Summer, coined by author James Weldon Johnson, is used to describe the summer and autumn of 1919. Race riots erupted in several cities in both the North and South of the United States. The three most violent episodes happened in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Elaine, Arkansas. These were part of a series of 20 or more race riots occurring in the U.S. where blacks were the victims of physical attacks, including:

1919 - Charleston Race Riot, May 10, Charleston, South Carolina
1919 - Longview Race Riot, early July, Longview, Texas
1919 - Washington, D.C. Race Riot, July 19, Washington, D.C.
1919 - Chicago Race Riot, July 27 - Aug. 2, Chicago, Illinois
1919 - Knoxville Race riot, Aug. 30, Knoxville, Tennessee
1919 - Omaha Race Riot, Sept. 28, Omaha, Nebraska
1919 - Elaine Race Riot, Oct. 1, Elaine, Arkansas

The riots were sparked by racism, unemployment and inflation. Rapid demobilization and a lack of price controls had led to inflation and unemployment, which resulted in competition, especially between whites and blacks, for jobs. European-American workers didn't want African-Americans competing equally for jobs with them.
The unrest was intensified by the Red Scare and blacks who wanted racial equality were branded "radicals". The Communist Jamaican poet Claude McKay wrote his poem "If We Must Die"

in response to the situation.
Unlike earlier race riots in U.S. history, these riots were among the first where there was an organized white response. The riot in Elaine, Arkansas was less typical of others that summer as it took place in the South, where violence was directed against black sharecroppers.

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