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Were The Riots In Cicero Apart Of Making America Great?
The Cicero Race Riot occurred in 1951. It was one of the worst race riots in the country. It is estimated that 4,000 whites attacked an apartment building that housed one single black family in a neighborhood in Cicero, Cook County, Illinois. Mrs. DeRose owned an apartment in an all-white neighborhood and rented it to Harvey E. Clark, Jr., a Black war veteran and a graduate of Fisk University, along with his family. A high official in the town found out what Mrs. DeRose had done and warned her about the trouble her actions would cause. At 2:30 pm, in June 8, the police stopped a moving van with Clark’s furniture. An angry white crowd started to gather and Clark was told by the police to get out or he would be arrested “for protective custody.” Clark was hit eight times when he was pushed towards a vehicle parked across the street and was shoved inside the car. After the altercation the NAACP got involved and a lawsuit was filed against the town on June 26, 1951. On July 11, 1951, a crowd of around 4,000 white people gathered outside the apartment building. Women carried stones and threw them through the Clark’s windows. Others tossed firebrands onto the window and rooftop where other tenants had already fled before the riot. Firemen who arrived at the scene were also met with stones and bombs. Deputies asked the fireman to turn their hose on the rioters but they refused to do so without their lieutenant who was unavailable. The situation grew out of control and County Sheriff John E. Babbs asked Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson to send in the Illinois National Guard. The troops began to arrive at the scene but the rioters fought with them back from the scene. Armed with bayonets, rifle butts, and tear gas, the troops finally got the riot under control by setting a 300-yard perimeter around the apartment block in which the rioters were trying to wreck.  Four days later there was $20,000 worth of damage done to the building. Later, a grand jury indicted four Cicero officials and three police officers on charges of violating Clark’s right. Charges were then dropped against the fire chief, which refused to fire their water hose on the rioters when asked by police, and the town’s President. The police chief and two policemen were fined for violating Clark’s civil rights. Despite the Cicero riot that occurred Black families continued to move to Chicago. Although, the harassment by whites did not end, the problems were less frequent.

The United States’ Declaration of Independence was signed and submitted on July 4, 1776. One of the most important passages that was took out the final draft was about the enslavement and treatment of African-Americans. Many politicians were divided on the topic. They needed to enslave Africans for their plantation system but they also saw how their newly written proclamation contradicts itself calling for liberty and freedom for all mankind. The politicians decided America could not continue to be economically successful without slavery and chose to get rid of this passage in the Declaration of Independence . So slavery continued. On the 4th of July 1777 as Americans celebrated the first annual commemoration of independence with concerts, bonfires, parades and the firing of cannons and muskets more than 500,000 Black Americans were slaves. A yearly average of 74,000 Africans were kidnapped and imported for the American colonies from 1776 to 1800 with a total of 1,850,000. SO DON’T ASK ME WHAT I’M DOING FOR THE 4TH OF JULY…ABSOLUTELY NOTHING…NOTHING FOR THIS DESCENDANT OF AFRICANS TO CELEBRATE.