Red Summer - Port Arthur riot

Time: Tuesday Jul 15, 1919

Place: Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.

Details: The Port Arthur riot happened on July 15, 1919, in Port Arthur, Texas. Violence started after a group of white men objected to an African American smoking near a white woman on a street car.

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