Washington Street

Washington Street. The Levee. On August 14, 1908, in this area of East Washington Street, the mob vandalized fifteen black and several Jewish businesses. The first Jewish store attacked by the rioters was Fishman's Pawn Shop, located at 719 E. Washington Street where they obtained weapons. , The 1908 Race Riot Walking Tour starts at Union Square Park, Fifth and Jefferson Streets., The Fourth Marker is Located at Eleventh and Madison Streets., (reverse:), "And whether our forebears were strangers who crossed the Atlantic, or the Pacific, or the Rio Grande, we are here only because this country welcomed them in, and taught them that to be an American is about something more than what we look like, or what our last names are, or how we worship. What makes us Americans is our shared commitment to an ideal - that all of us are created equal, and all of us have the chance to make of our lives what we will.", Barack Obama , 44th President of the United States