Chicago faces segregation 100 years after riots

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Editor's note: Hundreds of African Americans died at the hands of white mob violence during "Red Summer" but little is widely known about this spate of violence a century later. As part of its coverage of the 100th anniversary of Red Summer, AP will take a multiplatform look at the attacks and the communities where they occurred: apnews.com/RedSummer.

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