The Shame of Illinois Massacre at East St. Louis
A sacred report describes a blood drenched attack on unarmed Black residents in East St. Louis with 21 killed by mobs and 325 homes burned. Eyewitness accounts detail brutal beatings, hangings, and women attacked as police and militia stood by. The piece references Lincoln era ideals and condemns civic cowardice.
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Land of the Free
Tome of the Brave
East St. Louis
Ill
Illinois
Lincoln
Logan
Sumner
Sun
St. Louis
Massacre of Negroes in East St. Louis Rampage
Eyewitness account describes a one and a half hour massacre at Broadway and Fourth Street in downtown East St. Louis where mobs killed Black residents begging mercy. The writer compares the violence to historic atrocities and condemns the brutal action.
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St. Louis
Broadway
Fourth Street
Political Leader Shapes Jackson County Negro Democratic Tide
The superintendent of the Jackson County Home for Aged and Infirm Negroes is described as the key figure in Negro Democracy in Jackson County and the state. His skilled efforts, allied with leading Black Democrats, aided President L.A. in re election plans for Lincoln Institute. Dr. Smith Quiet is portrayed as cultured and modest but influential among Democratic power brokers.
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Jackson County
Alien
Lincoln Institute
Dr. Smith
The Cause and the Remedy in Negro Migration
The Cincinnati Post reports a northern migration of African Americans seeking labor driving tenement overcrowding and a concentrated voting bloc. In one ward 1,797 men aged 21 to 31 registered, swelling the risk of social strain and politicized impact on mayoral and judicial races. The piece highlights worsening overcrowding and a high death rate from tuberculosis.
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Cincinnati Post
Garret
Poles Threaten Justice After Violent Night Incident
An East St Louis Pole, claiming a factory job loss and describing his family’s ruin, boasted of killing seventeen people with an ax. The Sun editorialized demanding he be hunted down and brought to justice, while urging citizens to uphold liberty and condemn crime amid racial tensions.
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East St. Louis
New York Demands Swift Punishment For Mob Attacks
July 3 dispatch reports calls for swift and severe punishment of mobs that killed and burned the Negro section of East St. Louis. The wire cites a socialist leader pressing President Wilson for action and mentions the violence occurred in East St. Louis with property losses. The report appears on Page 5.
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Wilson
East ST
Louie Savages
New York
East St. Louis
Capt. Jordan Resting for Health at State Sanitarium
The Sun notes Captain Jordan is receiving treatment and a much needed rest in the State Sanitarium. He previously served as a Lieutenant in the 7 Immunes during the Spanish-American War and with the 49th Volunteer Infantry in the Philippines where he earned a brevet to Captain for gallant service. He had hoped to enter the Training Camp for Colored Officers this year if his health allowed.
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Jordan
49Th Volunteer Infantry
Philippines
the Sun
Jefferson on justice for all men across beliefs
A brief quotation attributed to Thomas Jefferson emphasizes equal and exact justice for every man regardless of religious or political persuasion, reflecting principles of universal rights and fair treatment.
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Thomas Jefferson
Serious charges again against East St. Louis militia members
Three prominent East St Louis Colored men traveled to Springfield this Monday to present to Adjutant General Dickerson a formal complaint against militia members on duty in East St Louis. The delegation included Mrs. F W Wallace editor of The Star of Zion and St Clair supervisor, H R Wheat a real estate and auto agent, and Thomas Green deputy clerk of the East St Louis election board. After discussion with local leaders at the Legion office they met General Dickson at the state house to file the charges.
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East 81 Louis
Springfield
Dickerson
F. W. Wallace
Star of Zion
Board of Supervisors of
St. Clair
R. Wheat
Thomas Green
East St. Louis
Legion
State House
Dickson
Our Country, Our Struggle in World Democracy
A dramatic plea in verse contrasts Belgium and Liberty with anti immigrant hostilities in the South. Narrators recount labor early promises, wartime calls to duty, and brutality faced by Black workers and Belgians in East St. Louis. The piece frames democracy as a global theater where minorities bear the risk and honor of liberty.
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Blackman
East St. Louis
Pitiless murderers and the duties of guards in St Louis
The piece denounces the brutality against Negroes and questions what duty officers owed during the massacre. It blames Illinois governor and troops for allowing atrocities to continue and argues one determined officer could have halted the violence in ten minutes. Thursday's Star notes Mr. Smith Henderson of St Louis visiting his brother Edward Henderson at 1416 Mersinger Avenue.
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Smith Henderson
St. Louis
Kansas City
Edward Henderson
Mersinger Avenue
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Howard M. Smith
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