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The East St. Louis massacre was a series of violent attacks between African Americans and white Americans in East St. Louis, Illinois, between late May and early July of 1917. These attacks also displaced 6,000 African Americans and led to the destruction of approximately $400,000 ($9.51 million in 2023) worth of property. [ 1 ]
Lived in East St. Louis Dorothy Gish: March 11, 1898: June 4, 1968: Actress Lived in East St. Louis Lillian Gish: Oct 14, 1893: Feb 27, 1993: Actress Lived in East St. Louis Russell Gunn: Oct 20, 1971: Composer, arranger, recording artist, Grammy-nominated jazz musician Grew up in East St. Louis Rose Marion: 1875: 1947: Newspaper feature writer ...
Sportspeople from East St. Louis, Illinois (2 C, 17 P) Pages in category "People from East St. Louis, Illinois" The following 89 pages are in this category, out of 89 total.
East St. Louis, like all of Southern Illinois, is classified as humid subtropical by the Köppen classification, having hot, humid summers and cool winters. On July 14, 1954, the temperature in East St. Louis allegedly reached 117 °F (47 °C), the highest temperature ever recorded in America east of the Mississippi River. It is not considered ...
Community activists announced a new East St. Louis Reparations Committee on Saturday during a march for the 106th anniversary of the massacre.
In East St. Louis, there was a week-long commemoration of the riots and march in the weeks prior to the 100th anniversary on July 28, 2017. [38] Around 300 people marched from the SIUE East St. Louis Higher Learning Center to the Eads Bridge. [39] Everyone marched in silence, with many women in white and men wearing black suits.
Illinois State Police and East St. Louis Police officers responded to the John DeShields public housing complex in the 1200 block of McCasland Avenue at approximately 11:41 p.m., after receiving a ...
Cahokia Mounds / k ə ˈ h oʊ k i ə / [2] is the site of a Native American city (which existed c. 1050–1350 CE) [3] directly across the Mississippi River from present-day St. Louis. The state archaeology park lies in south-western Illinois between East St. Louis and Collinsville. [4]