Race hatred, workforce tensions explode in East St. Louis in 1917

A Congressional committee held hearings on the riot and blamed manipulative industrialists, a corrupt city government and the "savagery" of the white mob on July 2, 1917.

Related Keywords

United States ,Illinois ,National City ,Mount Cemetery ,American ,Fred Mollman ,Henry Kiel ,Stephen Tripp ,Helena Cook ,Carlosf Hurd ,Louis Aloe ,William Keyser ,Aloe Plaza ,Aluminum Ore Co ,National Stockyard ,Illinois National Guard Col ,Illinois National Guard ,Mississippi River ,Heads Bridge ,American Steel Foundry ,Republic Iron ,Obear Nester Glass ,Elliot Frog ,Aluminum Ore ,City Hall ,Bond Avenue ,Labor Temple ,Broadway Opera House ,National Guard ,Lurizza Beard ,Clair County ,Louis Mayor Fred ,Louis Board ,Louis Mayor Fred Mollman ,Mayor Henry ,Municipal Lodging House ,Tucker Boulevard ,Lodging House ,Red Cross ,Mount Sinai ,