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The Washington DC Race Riot of 1919.

#washingtondc #civilrights #raceriot #1919 #Navy There was civil unrest in Washington, D.C. during the Washington race riot of 1919 between July 19, 1919, and July 24, 1919. As a result of the rumored arrest of a black man suspected of r aping a white woman, white men, many in the armed forces, responded with mob violence against black people and businesses beginning on July 19. They rioted, randomly beat black people on the street, and pulled others off streetcars for attacks. When police refused to intervene, the black population fought back. The city closed saloons and theaters to discourage assemblies. Meanwhile, the four white-owned local papers, including the Washington Post, fanned the violence with incendiary headlines and calling in at least one instance for mobilization of a "clean-up" operation. After four days of police inaction, President Woodrow Wilson ordered 2,000 federal troops to regain control in the nation's capital. But a violent summer rainstorm had more of a dampening effect. When the violence ended, 15 people had died: at least 10 white people, including two police officers; and around 5 black people. Fifty people were seriously wounded and another 100 less severely wounded. It was one of the few times in 20th-century riots of whites against blacks that white fatalities outnumbered those of black people. The unrest was also one of the Red Summer riots in America.