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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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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 Anti-slavery record, Vol. II, no. IX, [Front cover]
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 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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The south side community service building

The south side community service building

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The Militia and Negroes on friendly terms

The Militia and Negroes on friendly terms

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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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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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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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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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Night attack on the court house.

Night attack on the court house.

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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tram car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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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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Negro women and girls in a large hat-making concern

Negro women and girls in a large hat-making concern

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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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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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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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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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