Victorian Gray
Lifer
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African American neighborhood, on Chicago’s South Side, destroyed by fire during the riot. The neighbourhood was located near the stockyards and meatpacking plants where African Americans and new European immigrants worked. Tensions had been growing with the Great Migration of black people from the Southern States.
Photograph: Everett Collection Historical/Alamy Stock Photo
Photograph: Everett Collection Historical/Alamy Stock Photo
