24-07-2023 16:00
via chicagodefender.com
Hundreds Attend 1919 Chicago Race Riots Bike Tour, Largest One Yet
Photos: Tacuma Roeback
On Saturday, 300 bicyclists and trolley riders converged on a Bronzeville parking lot for a tour that chronicles one of the darkest moments in the city’s history: The Chicago race riot of 1919.
The tour, given by the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project with support from Organic Oneness, began at a 35th and State parking lot on a corner opposite a Starbucks and a few blocks from where the Chicago White Sox play.
About 104 years ago, amid a brutal wee
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On Saturday, 300 bicyclists and trolley riders converged on a Bronzeville parking lot for a tour that chronicles one of the darkest moments in the city’s history: The Chicago race riot of 1919.
The tour, given by the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project with support from Organic Oneness, began at a 35th and State parking lot on a corner opposite a Starbucks and a few blocks from where the Chicago White Sox play.
About 104 years ago, amid a brutal wee