Massacres & mob attacks
The Washington race riot of 1919
19 - 23 July 1919Southwest Washington, downtown and the Navy Yard district, DC
White servicemen on weekend leave beat Black residents in the streets of the capital for four days while police stood by. Black Washington armed itself and fought back; the toll approached forty dead.
- People killed
- 9–40
The marker sits at the centre of the place named, because the records do not fix a single spot.