About this episode

This episode discusses the events of Red Summer 1919, a period marked by racial violence in the U.S.

This 2019 episode marked 100 years since a wave of racist violence in the U.S. that became known as Red Summer. In many ways, Red Summer was a response to (but NOT caused by) two earlier events: the Great Migration and the return of black soldiers who had fought in World War I. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• racist violence
• Red Summer
• Great Migration
• World War I
• African American history
• social response

Keywords

• Red Summer
• racism
• violence
• African American
• history
• Great Migration
• World War I

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