On this day in 1917
On this day in 1917, in East St. Louis, Illinois, one of the worst racial massacres in U.S. history ended after three days.
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Forgotten Black History: 1917 - 100 Negroes shot burned clubbed to death in E St. Louis Race War
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I knew when i looked this up here someone would have been dun posted something about it! Im just learning about this as well as just hearing about it!! But yet and still they say we shouldn't want to learn about history!! Shit is fucking a tragedy!! Pieces of living shit!! 
But those of us that had gun and was shooting went to the national gaurd and said that it was not fair that the blacks can shoot back at us and the national gaurd did what they did
But those of us that had gun and was shooting went to the national gaurd and said that it was not fair that the blacks can shoot back at us and the national gaurd did what they did
One of the worst racial massacres in U.S. history ended after three days in East St. Louis, Illinois. After Black workers were given jobs in a factory that received government contracts, White workers began stabbing, beating and killing them. As many as a 100 or more were killed, hundreds more were injured, and 6,000 were driven from their homes.
“My father … witnessed … horrible things: people’s houses being set ablaze, . . . people being shot when they tried to flee, some trying to swim to the other side of the Mississippi while being shot at by white mobs with rifles, others being dragged out of street cars and beaten and hanged from street lamps,” said Dhati Kennedy, whose father was one of the survivors.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch wrote, “The picture of wantonness by the savagery of mobs at East St. Louis will be a humiliating display for the Fourth of July sun to look down upon as it rises on our national liberty jubilation with the country just entered upon a war to
“My father … witnessed … horrible things: people’s houses being set ablaze, . . . people being shot when they tried to flee, some trying to swim to the other side of the Mississippi while being shot at by white mobs with rifles, others being dragged out of street cars and beaten and hanged from street lamps,” said Dhati Kennedy, whose father was one of the survivors.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch wrote, “The picture of wantonness by the savagery of mobs at East St. Louis will be a humiliating display for the Fourth of July sun to look down upon as it rises on our national liberty jubilation with the country just entered upon a war to
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Thursday was Day 4 and the final day of the bench trial ban in the Southern District of Illinois federal courtroom. After the final defense witness and closing arguments of the plaintiffs asking the law be struck and the defense asking the law be upheld, McGlynn closed the proceedings discussing the race riot in East St. Louis from 1917.
McGlynn said he wasn’t sure why the case was in East St. Louis when it first began last year, but later reflected on that question. On Thursday, he urged people to visit the “sacred sites” in East St. Louis from the race riots that happened there in 1917. More than 30 Black people were killed and dozens of structures destroyed in fires.
“Black owned houses were set on fire one by one as people escaped to other houses that were burned,” he said. “During the course of the riot, some Blacks were armed, shooting back and rioters went to the National Guard and said ‘that's not fair.’ The Guard gave safe passage to some victims across Eads Bridge.”
He shared a picture showing the current federal courthouse then surrounded by burned buildings and asked how that would have been different if the Black victims had such firearms.
Afterward, plaintiffs’ attorney David Sigale said that resonated with why he got involved in Second Amendment issues.
“There’s countless stories of people victimized, whether it's for race or their gender,” Sigale said outside the courthouse Thursday.
McGlynn also noted the history of the 1921 race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He even noted a recent video showing an international gang in Aurora, Colorado, going into an apartment building with high powered rifles.
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Thursday was Day 4 and the final day of the bench trial ban in the Southern District of Illinois federal courtroom. After the final defense witness and closing arguments of the plaintiffs asking the law be struck and the defense asking the law be upheld, McGlynn closed the proceedings discussing the race riot in East St. Louis from 1917.
McGlynn said he wasn’t sure why the case was in East St. Louis when it first began last year, but later reflected on that question. On Thursday, he urged people to visit the “sacred sites” in East St. Louis from the race riots that happened there in 1917. More than 30 Black people were killed and dozens of structures destroyed in fires.
“Black owned houses were set on fire one by one as people escaped to other houses that were burned,” he said. “During the course of the riot, some Blacks were armed, shooting back and rioters went to the National Guard and said ‘that's not fair.’ The Guard gave safe passage to some victims across Eads Bridge.”
He shared a picture showing the current federal courthouse then surrounded by burned buildings and asked how that would have been different if the Black victims had such firearms.
Afterward, plaintiffs’ attorney David Sigale said that resonated with why he got involved in Second Amendment issues.
“There’s countless stories of people victimized, whether it's for race or their gender,” Sigale said outside the courthouse Thursday.
McGlynn also noted the history of the 1921 race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He even noted a recent video showing an international gang in Aurora, Colorado, going into an apartment building with high powered rifles.
Gun ban judge: What if Black victims of historic race riots had such weapons
(The Center Square) – The federal judge overseeing the challenge to Illinois’ gun and magazine ban questioned what would have happened if Black victims of the East St. Louis race