Baltimore riots of 1919

Baltimore riots of 1919
Part of Red Summer
Map of the Washington, Fort Meade, Baltimore and Annapolis
DateSummer of 1919
LocationBaltimore, United States
Participants
  • October Riot - Soldiers from Fort Meade fighting local Black community, Baltimore PD

The Baltimore riots of 1919 were a series of riots connected to the Red Summer of 1919. As more and more African-Americans moved from the south to the industrial north they started to move into predominantly white neighborhoods. This change in the racial demographics of urban areas increased racial tension that occasionally boiled over into civil unrest.

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