RedSummer
The Events From Red Summer of 1919, Inspired the Harlem Renaissance
RedSummer
The Events From Red Summer of 1919, Inspired the Harlem Renaissance

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( April 14th Millen, GA) The earliest race riot that occurred that spring was in Carswell Grove near Millen, Georgia, where 6 people (2 white officers and 4 black men) were killed at a local church.
(New York City, Carnegie Hall May 5th)National Conference on Lynching An increase in lynchings and mob violence against African Americans in recent years motivated black leaders to organize the National Conference on Lynching in May. 
An increase of African Americans into northern cities during the first wave of the Great Migration caused competition between the races for jobs and housing. In Philadelphia, a riot occurred over housing on May 10, as reported here by the Negro Associated Press.
A small disturbance happened in San Francisco between black soldiers and white policemen, which ended quickly with little destruction or injury.
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