Ewing's poetry collection '1919' looks back on a century-old riot in Chicago, set off after a black teen drowned while being stoned by white people. Police refused to make an arrest. Ewing ...

CHICAGO (AP) — On a hot July day in 1919, a black 17-year-old swimming in Lake Michigan drifted in a dangerous direction — toward the white section of a Chicago beach. White beachgoers, angry ...

Mapping the 1919 Chicago Riot is a collaborative project to visualize the 1919 riot combining original historical sources with modern geospatial technologies. This is a compilation of official ...

Now, 105 years after what would be known as the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, the first five of 38 planned commemorative glass markers — one for each person killed — was unveiled during a ...

On this day, July 27, in 1919, seven days of riots erupted after a black teenager crossed to the "whites only" section on a South Side Chicago beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries. A ...

With racial tensions mounting in the nation, author Bibi Belford decided to look to Chicago's past for her new children's novel. Belford's latest book, "Crossing the Line," was released Aug. 22 by ...

The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project is working to create and install markers at 38 locations where people were killed. The riots remain among the deadliest incidents of racial ...

Unfortunately, “1919 Race Riots” doesn’t have the enthusiasm of “James Baldwin.” Writer/producer Dan Protess is a bit detached in telling a story unknown to many in Chicago.

Mike Stephen gets the story of the 1919 Chicago Race Riots, learns about Openlands’ strategic plan for conservation, and discusses how WVMO-LP serves the community of Monona, WI. The local music on ...