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Podcast: The Forefront Radio
Episode: US Bombed Chicago: Targeting US Citizens
Description:
"Red Summer" refers to the summer of 1919, during which the United States experienced a series of race massacres and civil unrest, culminating in the Chicago Race War. These events were a result of heightened tensions between white and black communities due to factors like the Great Migration, where African Americans moved from the rural South to northern cities during World War I.
The Chicago Race War of 1919 was one of the most severe incidents during this period. It erupted after a black teenager, Eugene Williams, drowned when white men threw stones at him for swimming in a "...