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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 ($9.82 million in 2024) worth of property. [ 1 ]
East St. Louis is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, ... The department operates from three fire stations in the city: Engine 422 at 17th St. and Lincoln Ave ...
A local group is calling for reparations to descendants of victims in the 1917 massacre, commonly called the East St. Louis race riot. Here’s a summary of what happened.
The son of an East St. Louis fire captain, Wortman spent his early years living in north St. Louis. John Worthmann, his grandfather, worked as a proofreader for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and was killed when struck by a streetcar in 1894. Frank Wortman turned to crime in his late teens and was arrested for burglary.
Community activists announced a new East St. Louis Reparations Committee on Saturday during a march for the 106th anniversary of the massacre.
“I think the citizens in East St. Louis are going to be more than a little pleased with the change they have ushered in with the new team and its leaders,” the community’s Democratic Party ...
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]
Two workers were injured at Allnex USA Inc., during a fire inside the chemical plant in East St. Louis on Sunday night. The company produces adhesives, sealants and specialty coatings.