Timeline November 1919

Events in November 1919 2

• 1919 Red Summer race riots Wave of racial violence sweeps the United States A series of white supremacist attacks on Black communities erupted in dozens of American cities and towns, killing hundreds of people amid postwar racial and economic tensions. The violence, later termed the "Red Summer," was among the worst periods of racial conflict in U.S. history.
• 1919 Lights all askew in the heavens The Times and the New York Times make him world-famous overnight The Royal Society announced the eclipse results on 6 November 1919. Newspapers across the world reported that Newton had been overthrown, and Einstein woke to a level of celebrity no scientist had experienced. He was bewildered by it and never entirely escaped it.