HISTORY · HISTORICAL MARKER
Eugene Williams Memorial
Chicago, Illinois · Dedicated to All the Victims of the Race Riot That Began Near This Place
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On Sunday, July 27, 1919, a group of boys rafting on Lake Michigan drifted over an invisible racial barrier. Rocks were thrown from the breakwater, Eugene Williams was struck, and his drowning sparked a week long race riot that resulted in scores of deaths and injuries.
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Photo: Chicago History Museum ICHi-030315, Public Domain
Photo: Phyllis Prats
Photo: Phyllis Prats
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