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Compare And Contrast The Riots Of 1919

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This riot was a little different than the ones that took place in 1919. “Unlike the riots of 1919, Negroes now began to destroy the hated white property and symbols of authority”. The blacks got very violent, but the whites also started to get even more violent. “Unhampered by the police, the mobs attacked all Negroes caught outside the ghetto. They stopped, overturned, and burned cars driven by Negroes”. With this riot being so well known throughout the city of Detroit, the word spread around fast which made it more difficult for the higher authorities to put an end to all of the violence. It was said, “throughout the morning fresh rumors kept refueling the frenzy, and the rioting grew”. In order to get the rioting to end, government officials

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