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    Commentary: The 'Red Summer' of 1919 reverberates 100 years later

    by Erin Aubry Kaplan, Los Angeles Times Aug 12, 2019 3 minutes

    One of many fundamental facts of American history it took me way too long to learn was this: For most of our history, race riots, far from being something angry black people did in urban spaces, were something angry white people instigated and carried out against black people all over the country.

    Law enforcers were quick to criminalize black populations in big cities like Los Angeles and Detroit for exploding in frustration in the 1960s, but that kind of unrest didn't hold a candle to what whites across the

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