1917
MassacreBook sources
East St. Louis racial massacre
Illinois; Black residents and workers
White mob violence targeted Black people amid conflict over employment and migration. Zinn places the massacre within the supposedly progressive era and emphasizes the failure of equal protection.
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Context / qualification
Zinn cites a high estimate of perhaps 200 deaths; exact totals remain uncertain.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, H07 at 00:40:43 (approximate; supplied recording)