By being anonymously associated with this event, Ruth McCormick lost many votes in a 1930 senatorial election.
By being anonymously associated with this event, Ruth McCormick lost many votes in a 1930 senatorial election. Violence escalated in this event when Mayor Big Bill Thompson refused to ask Governor Frank Lowden to send in the militia for days. Groups such as the Hamburg Athletic Club and Ragen's Colts, many of whom hailed from the stock yards, also committed violent acts. It began when Eugene Williams drowned after being hit by rocks while swimming at a segregated beach. For 10 points, name this 1919 incident where dozens died during Red Summer in the Windy City.
By being anonymously associated with this event, Ruth McCormick lost many votes in a 1930 senatorial election.
Chicago Race Riot of 1919