The Race Riot of 1919 in Washington, D.C. Was Buried Until Now

The race riots of 1919 in Washington D.C. had more white casualties than Black, but this story has been buried until BNC correspondent Bofta Yimam dug it up.
Yimam spoke with Black historian Carroll Gibbs about the 1919 riots and the protection of specific Black neighborhood in the D.C. area called Le Droit Park.
This was the epic center of the July 19, 1919 riot. Black military men coming back from World War 1 were up on rooftops protecting their prosperous community. While the men were equipped with rifles to fight the battle, they resorted to throwing bricks. The press fueled anger in white men with stories about Black men assaulting white women in D.C.
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[@quintinr.6760]

Let’s you know why the US is were it is right now. There was never a move by the Federal government to make a change in how people of Africa Descent were treated in this country.

[@tchevelle1834]

Armed themselves no prayer warriors

[@nenaaa1444]

Both

[@tchevelle1834]

@@nenaaa1444 😁

[@angelapowell9030]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@LisaFager]

What's also interesting is the 1918 Spanish flu came right before that then came the race riots...

[@cynthiabell266]

AMERIKKKA ,KARMA IS KNOCKING AT THE DOOR

[@queenmommie8295]

The world karma is knocking hard at your door all over the world. APTTMHY HalleluYah

[@collinsimpson1008]

You’re spot on. What whites don’t understand is that ALL of the info about how whites have done blacks will come out. And public sentiment will sway as the nation gets browner. Reparations will get paid and all their hatred will be made into movies and documentaries for all to see. And your white kids will have to pay for your sins..

[@dignifiedblackman4742]

This could easily happen again

[@ambriaashley3383]

Protecting their own. Our people have always been fighters 👊🏾

[@queenmommie8295]

That is why they won't give them stateship makes sense to me. That ws woman wished a indigenous man would have grabbed her. Dame liers. APTTMHY

[@willieperson9751]

Love BNC this is the only station that all black people should get their news from, because CNN MSNBC ABC and especially Fox News will never serve the black community the way BNC DO⭐👍🏿🕶️

[@angelapowell9030]

I like the channel too, but remember it is not owned by just one Black person and others are not Black... I like it too but rememeber this fact.............

[@willieperson9751]

@@angelapowell9030 thank you for your reply if I am not mistaken BNC it's owned by an Arab or a Pakistan out of Tallahassee Florida I'm just happy that it is not operated by White America, 🇺🇸 White America still have too much control over the so-called african-america peace out 🕶️

[@hundredsroadwerewolf]

I see C.R. Gibbs - who is the 2nd gentleman interviewed here? The insertion of images from the 1968 riots was also a little puzzling, but interesting overall.