race riot

Ensuring the Chicago Race Riot Is Not Forgotten, With Inspiration from Germany's Holocaust Memorials

The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project (CRR19), a group led by historian Peter Cole, hopes to make sure the memory lasts beyond the weekend of July 27.

The deadly race riot ‘aided and abetted’ by The Washington Post a century ago

A front-page article helped incite the violence in the nation’s capital that left as many as 39 dead

The new Detroit’s fatal flaw

by Heather Ann Thompson

Fifty years ago, Detroit burned. The new Detroit is making the same mistakes.

What Has Happened in Detroit Comprises a National Emergency

by Scott Kurashige

Fifty years ago America made a fateful choice. It’s now our turn to decide on a different path.