CHICAGO (WLS) -- Events are scheduled Saturday to commemorate a dark time in Chicago's history -- the Race Riots of 1919. It was known as the "Red Summer." This is the third year organizers have ...

Franklin Cosey-Gay (left) and Peter Cole, co-directors of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project, at Adams Street and Wabash Avenue in the Loop, where the project will place one of ...

State militia faces off with an African American veteran during the 1919 Chicago race riots. Chicago Tribune historical photo During an Oct. 12 conversation with WBEZ’s Sasha-Ann Simons at UChicago’s ...

The final stop on a June bike tour of important sites from Chicago’s race riots in 1919 was the Bronzeville Community Clubhouse, 3847 S. Giles Ave., near Wendell Phillips High School.

Some say the race riots of the Red Summer of 1919 set the city on a course of racial segregation that remains to this day. The riots a century ago were among Chicago's most violent racial conflicts.

Chicago (CBS) -- One hundred years ago this summer, one of the most tragic chapters in Chicago history started on a beach and spread three miles. Race riots killed nearly 40 Chicagoans and ...

The 1919 Chicago Race Riots left an indelible mark on Mitchell and the city. "The riots in Chicago shaped Chicago socially, racially, economically for the next 100 years – up to this very day ...

Now, the Chicago Urban League is one of 14 cultural institutions across the city, including the Newberry Library taking part in a year-long exploration of the history and legacy of the 1919 Race Riot.

Members of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project (CRR19) say there’s little recognition of those who died during that weeklong violent outburst 100 years ago.

A bike tour in Chicago brings riders up close to Chicago's 1919 race riots, honoring the 38 victims and highlighting the riots' impact. A somber history lesson on two wheels is taught by visiting ...

One place to start is with “The Chicago Race Riots, July 1919,” a collection of articles by Carl Sandburg, then a reporter for the Chicago Daily News. Great Migration, great resentment ...