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__ Racial Unrest __ Many African Americans had moved north during the was to take factory jobs. As people began to be laid off and returning soldiers found it hard to find work and affordable housing, many gave feelings of racism and blamed African Americans for taking their jobs. All this Frustration and racism combined to produce violence.

In the summer of 1919, 25 race riots broke out across the nation. They called it "the red summer" because of the amount of blood that was spilled. The race riots of 1919 were different in one respect. For the first time, African Americans organized and fought back against the white mobs. Many African Americans also dedicated themselves to fighting for their rights politically. The NAACP launched a new campaign for a federal law against lynching.