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July 28, 1917

Negroes parade as race riot protest

Thousands of Black Americans march down New York City's Fifth Avenue in the so-called Silent Parade on July 28, 1917. The demonstrators were marching to promote civil rights. File Photo courtesy of the New York Public Library

Thousands of Black Americans march down New York City's Fifth Avenue in the so-called Silent Parade on July 28, 1917. The demonstrators were marching to promote civil rights. File Photo courtesy of the New York Public Library

NEW YORK -- Five thousand negroes, marching to muffled drums, paraded Fifth Avenue today in protest against the East St. Louis race riots.

Police lined both sides of the street. Mounted police squads rode before and behind the procession.

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Many women and children were in line. They carried banners proclaiming: "Your hands are full of blood," "Maligned as lazy -- murdered when we work" and similar sentiments."

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