Tag: The Virden
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The Virden, Illinois Race Riot Of 1898 – A Case Of White Privilege & Oppression
Advertisements The Virden, Illinois Race Riot was an example of the combination of labor and racial violence in the late 19th and early 20th Century United States. Following a United Mine Workers (UMW) national coal strike in 1897, a new 40-cents-per-ton rate was agreed on by all Illinois coal companies and the Illinois district of […]