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82: Legalized Murder: When The Purge Happened In America—Red Summer of 1919 | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

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The Black Devils

The red summer riots lasted about a week in Chicago. 38 people died and over 500 people were injured. Over 1,000 homes in black communities were burned or destroyed. And all on top of this, there were zero consequences for the white rioters just like in DC. With each city, they just kept escalating. So what does all this have to do with the red summer of 1999? You know, we were like, Bailey, get to the boy. Oh my God.

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