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Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project, Illinois Historical Markers

This set of sidewalk memorials commemorates the locations where people were killed in the 1919 Chicago Race Riots. Between July 27 and August 3, 1919, 38 people died in the racially charged violence that rocked the city. These memorials are inspired by Europe's Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) honoring Holocaust victims.
 
By Sean P. Flynn, May 13, 2026
Two Riot of 1919 markers in front of the Chicago Bee Branch of the Chicago Public Library
1 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Casmere Lazzeroni — 1854-1919 — Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project —
On South State Street north of 37th Street.
2 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Chicago Race Riot of 1919 — Commemoration Project —
On East 35th Street east of South State Street, on the right.
3 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Edward Lee — 1871-1919 —
On East 35th Street near Stouh State Street.
4 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Eugene Temple — 1887-1919 — Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project —
On South State Street north of 37th Street, on the right when traveling north.
5 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Hymes Taylor — 1881-1919 —
On East 35th Street at South State Street on East 35th Street.
6 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — John Simpson — 1889-1919 — Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project —
On East 31st Street near South Wabash Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
7 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — John Walter Humphrey — 1898-1919 —
On East 35th Street near South State Street, on the right when traveling west.
8 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Joseph Sanford — 1885-1919 —
On East 35th Street near South State Street, on the right when traveling west.
9 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — William J. Otterson — 1885-1919 —
On East 35th Street east of South State Street, on the right when traveling west.
10 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Little Italy — Joseph Lovings — 1878-1919 — Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project —
On West Taylor Street east of South Ada Street, on the right when traveling west.
11 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, South Loop — Harold Brignadello — 1884-1919 — Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project —
On South State Street at 9th Street, on the right when traveling south on South State Street.
12 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Paul Hardwick — 1868-1919 — Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project —
On Wabash Avenue at Adams Street, on the left when traveling south on Wabash Avenue.
13 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Robert Williams — 1878-1919 — Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project —
On State Street south of Van Buren Street, on the right when traveling south.
 
 
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Nov. 13, 2026