Massacres & mob attacks
Knoxville Riot of 1919
30 - 31 August 1919The Knox County jail and the Black business district, Knoxville, TN
A white mob wrecked the Knox County jail hunting for Maurice Mays, then turned on Knoxville's Black district. National Guardsmen joined the mob and fired into Black-occupied buildings. Thirty-six white men were arrested and none convicted.
- People killed
- 2–7
The marker sits at the centre of the place named, because the records do not fix a single spot.