This Week In Illinois History: The East St. Louis Massacre (July 2 - 3, 1917)

In July, 1917, East St. Louis prepared for a Fourth of July celebration featuring long parades, a Civil War reenactment and the dedication of a new Civil War monument. Local newspapers joked about which poor horse would carry the city's 300-pound mayor. But festivities were about to be interrupted by one of the country's deadliest race riots ...