Riots

R i o t s

burned shops and homes in an African American neighborhood in Longview, Texas. Gangs of African American and whites fought each other for four days.
 * " The Red Summer ",  ( amount of blood that was spilled) a mob of angry white people

started throwing stones at each other. Whites also threw stones at a boy to stop him from coming ashore and he ended drowning. Whites and African American were attacking each other's neighborhood. National guard was sent in to stop the riot. By the time the rioting ended, 38 people had been killed--15 whites, and 23 blacks, and over 500 was injured. After the war, and in 1919 the NAACP ( National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) launched a new campaign for a federal law against lynching ( an execution performed without lawful approval).  
 * Worst Violence was in Chicago. African Americans went to a whites- only beach. Both side
 * The Race Riots of 1919 , <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">African Americans for the very first time fought against the whites for their rights.