On July 27th of 1919, Eugene Williams, a black youth, was stoned and drowned in Lake Michigan, South Side Chicago.  He was one of four boys who built a raft and accidentally crossed the imaginary line of a segregated beach.  Riots started when the Chicago police did nothing against the attackers.  The resulting casualties of the riots include: 38 fatalities (23 blacks and 15 whites); 527 injured and 1,000 black families left homeless.