Question

Question # 3 To what extent was the NAACP involved in the 1919 race riots?

Answer 1

Answer:

The NAACP helped to defend black Americans and appeal the cases of those who were convicted with violent crimes during the 1919 race riots.

Explanation:

The Red Summer refers to the race riots that occurred in from the spring to the early autumn of 1919. A variety of factors influenced each violent clash, some local and some more widespread or structural. In the post WWI period there was a high level of recruitment of  black labor from the South in Northern industrial areas, greatly increasing the population in black communities there. There was an increase in young men looking for work because of rapid military demobilization. Former black servicemen were also more mobilized and aware of the injustices they were facing back home.  The NAACP was active in defending black Americans who were charged with violent crimes during the race riots as black Americans were disproportionately persecuted when there was also white aggression and white mob violence against them.