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N. 3rd St. and Missouri Ave.

East St. Louis, Illinois
· Remembering the 1917 East St. Louis Race Riot
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Near this site stood the City Hall, police department, and fire station, and on the night of the massacre, more than 1,000 people sought safety in the municipal buildings.
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