
A white active soldier sent in to quell the race riots in Chicago, US in 1919 is confronted by a black former WWI soldier. The riots lasted a week and left 38 people dead (23 black and 15 white), and around 500 more injured as the city was completely divided. Thousands of homes were burned, mostly of black families, and tons of cars and shops destroyed. Former army members were deputized but it took over 4 days for the mayor to finally call in the national guard to put down the rioting.
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