Remembering victims of 1919 Chicago race riot: 38 names set in stone
<p>As Chicago celebrates the opening of the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/06/18/obama-presidential-center-opening-jackson-park" >Obama Presidential Center</a>, our city is embracing a renewed sense of possibility. At nearly the same moment, another remarkable civic milestone quietly reached completion.</p><p>Across Chicago, all 38 people killed during the Chicago race riot of 1919 are now permanently commemorated through public art installed at or near the places they lost their lives.</p><p>These two milestones are different in purpose, but deeply connected in meaning.
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<p>As Chicago celebrates the opening of the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/06/18/obama-presidential-center-opening-jackson-park" >Obama Presidential Center</a>, our city is embracing a renewed sense of possibility. At nearly the same moment, another remarkable civic milestone quietly reached completion.</p><p>Across Chicago, all 38 people killed during the Chicago race riot of 1919 are now permanently commemorated through public art installed at or near the places they lost their lives.</p><p>These two milestones are different in purpose, but deeply connected in meaning. One is encouraging us to imagine our future, while the <a class="Link" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/chicagoraceriot.org/__;!!MyIu0v6UfBA57LoN!4e0dPTKnR2VHhQQ0_4xOl7h8KCV0QA0pw87hwQ78VTdTZYoiQmjB5jLDeciFydLbSdEe5isSa3yzz3S0Src-YXVgNWfMg75B$" target="_blank" >Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project</a> asks us to confront our past.</p><p>Together, they remind us that remembering history is not the same as reckoning with it.</p><div class="RichTextSidebarModule Enhancement" data-module data-align-center><a class="AnchorLink" id="module-df0000" name="module-df0000"></a> <div class="RichTextSidebarModule-title">Commentary bug</div> <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><h2>Commentary</h2></div> </div><p>More than a century has passed since the race riot in 1919, yet its legacy continues to shape the city we know today. </p><p>The story begins with five Black children seeking relief from the summer heat in Lake Michigan.
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- <p>As Chicago celebrates the opening of the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/06/18/obama-presidential-center-opening-jackson-park" >Obama Presidential Center</a>, our city is embracing a renewed sense of possibility. At nearly the same moment, another remarkable civic milestone quietly reached completion.</p><p>Across Chicago, all 38 people killed during the Chicago race riot of 1919 are now permanently commemorated through public art installed at or near the places they lost their lives.</p><p>These two milestones are different in purpose, but deeply connected in meaning.
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