1951 Cicero Race Riots (Cicero, Illinois)

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Between July 10 and 12, 1951, approximately two to five thousand white Cicero residents attacked an apartment building housing a single black family. Ultimately, 450 National Guardsmen and 200 Cicero and Cook County police officers were called in to control the fires, looting, and destruction. The Cicero riot is of additional notoriety in that the press covered the events. The Cicero riots became news across the United States and the world.

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Posted for EAF 228 (Fall 2009) by: Matthew Fuller
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Coordinates:   41°51'16"N   87°46'34"W

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