Headstone Unveiled for First 1919 Chicago Race Massacre Victim, Eugene Williams

A headstone was unveiled Saturday to honor and remember the 1919 Chicago race massacre victim Eugene Williams at the historic Lincoln Cemetery. The Eugene Williams Memorial Committee, David Browning, Tammy Gibson, Scott Priz, and Michael Torney raised money for a proper headstone for Chicago’s first victim of one of the deadliest race massacres in the United States.
On July 27, 1919, Eugene Williams went swimming with some friends on a raft at a segregated beach on 29th & Lake Shore Dr