Coverage of the riots in Washington, D.C. on July 23, 1919
Date
July 19–24, 1919
Location
Washington D. C., United States
Deaths
15-40 [A 1]
Non-fatal injuries
150
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Soldiers in a truck on the way to the Washington race riot
The Washington race riot of 1919 was civil unrest in Washington, D.C. from July 19, 1919, to July 24, 1919. Starting July 19, white men, many in the armed forces, responded to the rumored arrest of a black man for the rape of a white woman with four days of mob violence against black individuals and businesses. They rioted, randomly beat black people on the street, and pulled others off streetcars for attacks. When police refused to intervene, the black population fought back. The city closed saloons and theaters to discourage assemblies. Meanwhile, the four white-owned local papers, including the Washington Post, fanned the violence with incendiary headlines and calling in at least one instance for mobilization of a "clean-up" operation.[3]
After four days of police inaction, President Woodrow Wilson ordered 2,000 federal troops to regain control in the nation's capital.[4] But a violent summer rainstorm had more of a dampening effect. When the violence ended, 15 people had died: at least 10 white people, including two police officers;[5] and around 5 black people. Fifty people were seriously wounded and another 100 less severely wounded. It was one of the few times in 20th-century riots of whites against blacks that white fatalities outnumbered those of black people.[6] The unrest was also one of the Red Summer riots in America.
^Lewis 2015
^Schaffer 1998
^Perl 1999, p. A1
^"Washington, D.C. Race Riot (1919) – The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed". www.blackpast.org. April 2, 2016.
^ODMP Memorials Wilson and Halbfinger
^Ackerman 2011
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