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The Cairo riot of 1967 was one of 159 race riots that swept cities in the United States during the "Long Hot Summer of 1967". This riot began on July 17, 1967, and persisted through three days of riots and protests. Tensions had been building in Cairo for years prior to the incident.
Cairo (/ ˈ k ɛər oʊ / KAIR-oh, [4] sometimes / ˈ k eɪ r oʊ / KAY-roh) [5] is the southernmost city in Illinois and the county seat of Alexander County.A river city, Cairo has the lowest elevation of any location in Illinois and is the only Illinois city to be surrounded by levees.
Charles "Chuck" Koen (1945 – July 20, 2018) was an African-American minister and civil rights activist from Cairo, Illinois who served as prime minister of the Black Liberators and the executive directors of the Black United Front Cairo. [1] Koen worked with organizations in Southern Illinois during the mid- and late 1960s.
He was found abandoned outside an Arlington Heights apartment complex on a cold day in 1983. Sean was just hours old when he was left inside a dirty garbage dumpster to die. ... Illinois' safe ...
The station closed due to the abandonment of a line between Petersburg, Virginia and Raleigh, North Carolina. [128] Hinkle–Hermiston (HIK) Hermiston, Oregon: Pioneer: 1977 [129] — — 1997 [20] The station closed with the discontinued Pioneer on May 11, 1997. [20] Hobart (HOB) Hobart, Indiana: Calumet — — — 1991 [116]
Most of the place is abandoned, with brick buildings cracked by growing trees. Economic factors and racial discrimination caused Cairo’s decline; flooding made things harder.
The Cairo and Vincennes Railroad was a 19th-century American railroad that connected Cairo, Illinois, with Vincennes, Indiana.It was chartered by the state of Illinois in 1867 through the efforts of former American Civil War General Green B. Raum, who subsequently oversaw the planning and engineering of the proposed line.
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