Charleston Race Riot 1919
The Charleston Race Riots The Charleston Race Riot happened on May 10th, 1919. The infamous riot broke out when white sailors got angry at an…
Discovering 1919
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Category: Crime
Anarchist Bombings
The anarchist bombings of 1919 consists of two separate instances, both occurred only a month apart from one another. The anarchist movement in America was…
Thompson sub-machine gun
“Chicago organ grinder”, “trench broom”, “trench sweeper”, “the chopper”, and “the annihilator” were all names given to a ruthless weapon that has been popularized in…
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How a Triple Homicide Led to Our Right to Silence
The phrase “You have a right to remain silent”, is a well known legal phrase that most Americans know today, due to its portrayal in…
