Eugene Williams Memorial - Chicago, Illinois
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flyingmoose
N 41° 50.550 W 087° 36.536
16T E 449445 N 4632468
Located along the northbound side of the lakefront trail.
Waymark Code: WM150PV
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2021
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A small memorial in remembrance of Eugene Williams whos death sparked the 1919 race riots in Chicago.
Memorial Text:
“A riot is the language of the unheard.”
—Dr. Martin Luther King
Sunday, July 27, 1919, a group of boys rafting on Lake Michigan drifted over an invisible racial barrier. Rocks were thrown from the breakwater and Eugene Williams was struck. His drowning sparked a week long race riot that resulted in scores of deaths and injuries.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
—Dr. Martin Luther King.
Sponsored by The students from York High School, Elmhurst, Illinois and Chicago Park District.
Civil Right Type: Race (includes U.S. Civil Rights movement)
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