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N. 13th St. and Nectar Ave.
Washington Park, Illinois · Remembering the 1917 East St. Louis Race Riot
Historical Marker Database · Jason Voigt
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A dozen houses were destroyed here. It was two miles from the massacre's core and is the farthest point north that the violence spread.
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Washington Park, Illinois · USA
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