East St. Louis Riots
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Caused by | Americans |
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Death(s) | Americans |
Date | May 28 and July 1–3, 1917 |
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ID | 2158041 |
About East St. Louis Riots
The East St. Louis riots or East St. Louis massacres were a series of outbreaks of labor- and race-related violence by people that caused the deaths of an estimated 40–250 African Americans in late May and early July 1917.