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Scenes from fire in immigrant neighborhood "back of the yards".

Scenes from fire in immigrant neighborhood "back of the yards".

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Negroes being escorted to safety zones.

Negroes being escorted to safety zones.

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A negro amateur baseball team

A negro amateur baseball team

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Chicago race riot - beginning of the riot; White and Negroes leaving Twenty-ninth Street beach after the drowning of Eugene Williams.

Chicago race riot - beginning of the riot; White and Negroes leaving T...

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Scene of the riot. Art print related to American Revolution

Scene of the riot. Art print related to American Revolution

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Will Brown, victim of mob's wrath

Will Brown, victim of mob's wrath

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After the "Abyssinian Murders"

After the "Abyssinian Murders"

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Wendell Phillips High School; Located at Thirty-ninth Street and Prairie Avenue, 52 per cent Negro attendance.

Wendell Phillips High School; Located at Thirty-ninth Street and Prair...

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The riots in New York: destruction of the Coloured Orphan Asylum.

The riots in New York: destruction of the Coloured Orphan Asylum.

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The taller pole in this picture is the one on which Brown was hanged: White spots on windows indicate bullet holes.

The taller pole in this picture is the one on which Brown was hanged: ...

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Searching Negroes for arms in police station.

Searching Negroes for arms in police station.

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Milk was distributed for the babies

Milk was distributed for the babies

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Damage done by a bomb, thrown into a building at 3365 Indiana Avenue, occupied by Negroes; A six-year-old Negro child was killed

Damage done by a bomb, thrown into a building at 3365 Indiana Avenue, ...

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Officers of the Railway Men's International Benevolent Industrial Association

Officers of the Railway Men's International Benevolent Industrial Asso...

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The Anti-slavery record, Vol. II, no. IX, [Front cover]
The riots in New York : destruction of the coloured orphan asylum.

The riots in New York : destruction of the coloured orphan asylum.

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The riots at New York - The rioters burning and sacking the Colored Orphan Asylum.

The riots at New York - The rioters burning and sacking the Colored Or...

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Whites stoning Negro to death

Whites stoning Negro to death

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A negro family just arrived in Chicago from the rural South.

A negro family just arrived in Chicago from the rural South.

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Omaha's riot in story & picture, 1919, Cover page

Omaha's riot in story & picture, 1919, Cover page

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Schirmer's Battery and a company of the 11th N.Y.V. scattering the rioters at the corner of 7th Avenue and 29th Street; Battle in Second Avenue and Twenty-Second Street, at the Union Steam Works, July 14; The fight on Tuesday at 2d. Ave.

Schirmer's Battery and a company of the 11th N.Y.V. scattering the rio...

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The coal riots, near Scranton, PA. - Laborers' meeting near the Dodge shaft, at Hyde Park, despersed by the Welsh miners and their wives, May 9th

The coal riots, near Scranton, PA. - Laborers' meeting near the Dodge ...

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Part of crowd surrounding the burning body of Will Brown

Part of crowd surrounding the burning body of Will Brown

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Wrecked interior of Sheriff's office on fourth floor of Court House

Wrecked interior of Sheriff's office on fourth floor of Court House

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The south side community service building

The south side community service building

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Wrecked house of a Negro family in riot zone.

Wrecked house of a Negro family in riot zone.

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Negro girls and women employed in a lamp-shade factory

Negro girls and women employed in a lamp-shade factory

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The Riots In New York : The Mob Lynching A Negro In Clarkson-Street.

The Riots In New York : The Mob Lynching A Negro In Clarkson-Street.

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The Riots At New York -- The Rioters Burning And Sacking The Colored Orphan Asylum.

The Riots At New York -- The Rioters Burning And Sacking The Colored O...

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The Militia and Negroes on friendly terms

The Militia and Negroes on friendly terms

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County Treasurer's Office, on first floor, where fire was started

County Treasurer's Office, on first floor, where fire was started

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The $1,500,000 Douglas County Court House in flames

The $1,500,000 Douglas County Court House in flames

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Negroes under protection of police leaving wrecked house in riot zone.

Negroes under protection of police leaving wrecked house in riot zone.

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Night attack on the court house.

Night attack on the court house.

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Omaha's ever-changing sky line, Omaha, Nebraska, Title page

Omaha's ever-changing sky line, Omaha, Nebraska, Title page

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Part of mob on south side of court house about 5:30 p.m.

Part of mob on south side of court house about 5:30 p.m.

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the arrival of the police

the arrival of the police

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Negro stock yards workers cut off from work receiving wages

Negro stock yards workers cut off from work receiving wages

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Damage done by a bomb, thrown into a building at 3365 Indiana Avenue, occupied by Negroes

Damage done by a bomb, thrown into a building at 3365 Indiana Avenue, ...

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48 CE: Roman troops stand guard on the roof of the Temple portico to prevent rioting among the crowds assembled for Passover. One of the soldiers moons the Jews, and the infuriated crowd riots. 30,000 people are trampled to death in the ensuing violence.

48 CE: Roman troops stand guard on the roof of the Temple portico to p...

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Some reasons why it was unsafe to appear at Court House windows during the rioting

Some reasons why it was unsafe to appear at Court House windows during...

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Mob on south side of Court House about 5:15 p.m.

Mob on south side of Court House about 5:15 p.m.

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Provisions supplied by the Red Cross to hundreds of Negro families.

Provisions supplied by the Red Cross to hundreds of Negro families.

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Negro women employed on power machines in a large apron factory

Negro women employed on power machines in a large apron factory

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Douglas County Court House before the fire

Douglas County Court House before the fire

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Historic cannon used by mob as a battering ram

Historic cannon used by mob as a battering ram

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Soldiers on guard at Twenty-Fourth and Lake Streets

Soldiers on guard at Twenty-Fourth and Lake Streets

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Farren School; Located at Forty-eighth Street and Wabash Avenue, 92 per cent Negro attendance

Farren School; Located at Forty-eighth Street and Wabash Avenue, 92 pe...

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Leaders of mob climbing the outside of court house in zeal to get their victim

Leaders of mob climbing the outside of court house in zeal to get thei...

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Negro women and girls in a large hat-making concern

Negro women and girls in a large hat-making concern

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Havoc wrought by vandalism in Office of Register of Deeds

Havoc wrought by vandalism in Office of Register of Deeds

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New Orleans : map of the revolutionary city : showing the scenes of the outbreacks on July 30, 1866, March 5, 1873, and September 14, 1874

New Orleans : map of the revolutionary city : showing the scenes of th...

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Negroes under protection of police leaving wrecked house in riot zone.

Negroes under protection of police leaving wrecked house in riot zone.

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Burning of the police patrol at Fifteenth and Farnam streets

Burning of the police patrol at Fifteenth and Farnam streets

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The Negro in Chicago, title page

The Negro in Chicago, title page

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Armed crowds searching for a negro.

Armed crowds searching for a negro.

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Arrival of police patrol about 4:15 p.m. with first load of reserves

Arrival of police patrol about 4:15 p.m. with first load of reserves

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Negroes buying provisions brought into their neighborhood.

Negroes buying provisions brought into their neighborhood.

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Field house equipment at Beutner playground

Field house equipment at Beutner playground

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