Uprising or riot? Depends who you ask.

On a hot summer day in July 1919, a group of Black children floating on a raft drifted farther than they should have, into a part of Lake Michigan that abutted a predominantly white beach. The children, unaware of the invisible color line in the water, continued to play until, eventually, violence erupted.  Young, white […]
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