Silent NAACP protest parade in New York City, against
Silent NAACP protest parade in New York City, against the East St. Louis race riots, 1917. The underlying cause was White resentment of the growing African American labor competition industrial jobs. In the aftermath, it was determined that police and the National Guard were indifferent or inactive, failing to protect African American citizens or their property from the mobs (BSLOC_2017_20_76)
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11971714
Media ID
45367433
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3000px x 2266px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Everett Collection
Source
Everett Collection
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