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Threatened
White workers often perceived black migrants as threats to their employment and. This lead to whites to attack lacks in the East St. Louis. -
Anti-negro Riot Results
Only few people were killed or seriously injured but the demonstration was emphatic to convince to the black people that Illinois was not a good fit for them -
Officials get involved
Authorities wanted to see the black people leave so badly that they called the governors of the Southern States to help. -
South vs Chicago
The South was far worse compared to Chicago. Chicago was seen as ¨the promised land¨ because of the greater opportunities it presented to black people than the South -
The Miners Strike
Blacks were brought in groups to complete the work of white miners that at the time were on strike. -
The result of the takeover
Since the blacks were taking over the whites mining jobs, the whites believed they were being brought to take over all their jobs thus caused the mob of whites to start burning the blacks houses in return. -
Both North & South
Both blacks from North & South were lead to believe by the whites that they were not welcomed and must go back to the South even if they were originally in the North to begin with. -
The Result
In result to the riot, white men, women and children burned & destroyed at least $400,000 worth of property that belonged to both whites and blacks. They also drove out 6,000 blacks out of their homes.
