Article
African American Soldiers Welcomed Home: Red Summer of 1919 Washington Race Riot
Social Studies Review
(2020)
Abstract
African-Americans have fought in all American wars from the Revolution to the present. On November 11, 1918 the Armistice was signed ended WWI. African -American troops who had faced discrimination prior to the war, in spite of their courage during the war returned to the hostility of a racist society. Anti-black race riots broke out in twenty six American cities. In 1918, fifty-eight lynching took place, ten victims in uniform A year later in 1919, seventy-seven blacks were lynched. This essay explores the Washington Race Riot that also occurred in 1919.
Keywords
- African-American,
- Soldiers,
- Red Summer,
- 1919,
- Washington Race Riot
Disciplines
Publication Date
2020
Citation Information
Robert L. Stevens. "African American Soldiers Welcomed Home: Red Summer of 1919 Washington Race Riot" Social Studies Review Vol. 58 (2020) p. 99 - 104 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robert-stevens/86/