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Building destroyed by fire during the riot, 1919
From, The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and A Race Riot.

Rioters committed arson, causing significant property damage across the South Side from the Douglass neighborhood adjacent to Lake Michigan to the Back of the Yards, more than five miles away.

Chicago History Museum, lCHi-177141

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