Historical Marker Series

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Collinsville at St. Louis Avenue. Remembering the 1917 East St. Louis Race Riot. Here is where the white rioters assembled, listened to inflammatory speeches, and marched in military formation toward East Broadway. The first victim was harmed here. …
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N. 3rd St. and Missouri Ave.. Remembering the 1917 East St. Louis Race Riot. Near this site was the City Hall, police department and fire station. On the night of the massacre, more than 1,000 people sought safety in the municipal buildings. …
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1010 Pennsylvania Avenue. Remembering the 1917 East St. Louis Race Riot. Here stood the home of Malbern Stephens, a decent man who fought corruption. He was elected mayor after the riot and oversaw reparations to the victims. var plainTex…
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621 N. 9th Street. Remembering the 1917 East St. Louis Race Riot. Marcus Garvey blamed the massacre on Mayor Fred Mollman, who lived at this site. The mayor was incompetent and was indicted for not doing his duty. var plainText = document…
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N. 18th St. and Parsons Ave.. Remembering the 1917 East St. Louis Race Riot. Several homes were burned here, but fatalities were few. Many African Americans were alerted to the trouble by this time and fled the neighborhood. var plainText…
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N. 13th St. and Nectar Ave.. Remembering the 1917 East St. Louis Race Riot. A dozen houses were destroyed here. It was two miles from the massacre's core and is the farthest point north that the violence spread. var plainText = document.g…
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N. 9th St. and Gross Ave.. Remembering the 1917 East St. Louis Race Riot. Around 11 p.m. on July 2, rioters set fire to the neighborhood here in an attempt to spread the violence to the north. Major military reinforcements did not arrive until after midnigh…
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N. 9th St. & St. Clair Ave.. Remembering the 1917 East St. Louis Race Riot. On May 28, 1917, whites set fires and accosted African Americans around St. Clair Avenue. Authorities dispersed the rioters, but the troubles were not over. var p…
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