Longview race riot
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The Longview race riot was a violent white supremacist attack on Black residents in Longview, Texas, in July 1919, and is remembered as one of the major racial conflicts of the Red Summer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Longview race riot canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10282145 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Longview race riot Context triple: [Red Summer, hasNotableEvent, Longview race riot]
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A.
Fort Mims massacre
The Fort Mims massacre was an 1813 attack during the Creek War in which Red Stick Creek warriors overran a frontier fort in present-day Alabama, killing hundreds of settlers and militia and galvanizing American military response against the Creek.
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B.
Colfax massacre
The Colfax massacre was an 1873 episode of racial and political violence in Louisiana in which white supremacists killed dozens of Black freedmen, marking one of the deadliest incidents of Reconstruction-era terror and undermining Black civil rights in the post–Civil War South.
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C.
Matewan Massacre
The Matewan Massacre was a 1920 violent confrontation between coal miners and company-hired lawmen in Matewan, West Virginia, that became a pivotal event in the American labor and unionization struggle.
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D.
Ellenton massacre
The Ellenton massacre was an 1876 episode of racial and political violence in South Carolina in which white supremacist paramilitaries attacked and killed numerous Black residents to suppress their civil and voting rights during Reconstruction.
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E.
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was a devastating white supremacist attack in which a prosperous Black community in Tulsa’s Greenwood District was destroyed, resulting in widespread death, displacement, and the leveling of “Black Wall Street.”
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Longview race riot Target entity description: The Longview race riot was a violent white supremacist attack on Black residents in Longview, Texas, in July 1919, and is remembered as one of the major racial conflicts of the Red Summer.
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A.
Fort Mims massacre
The Fort Mims massacre was an 1813 attack during the Creek War in which Red Stick Creek warriors overran a frontier fort in present-day Alabama, killing hundreds of settlers and militia and galvanizing American military response against the Creek.
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B.
Colfax massacre
The Colfax massacre was an 1873 episode of racial and political violence in Louisiana in which white supremacists killed dozens of Black freedmen, marking one of the deadliest incidents of Reconstruction-era terror and undermining Black civil rights in the post–Civil War South.
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C.
Matewan Massacre
The Matewan Massacre was a 1920 violent confrontation between coal miners and company-hired lawmen in Matewan, West Virginia, that became a pivotal event in the American labor and unionization struggle.
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D.
Ellenton massacre
The Ellenton massacre was an 1876 episode of racial and political violence in South Carolina in which white supremacist paramilitaries attacked and killed numerous Black residents to suppress their civil and voting rights during Reconstruction.
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E.
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was a devastating white supremacist attack in which a prosperous Black community in Tulsa’s Greenwood District was destroyed, resulting in widespread death, displacement, and the leveling of “Black Wall Street.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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race riot ⓘ racial conflict ⓘ white supremacist violence ⓘ |
| chronologicallyFollows | World War I ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| followedBy | increased state and local repression of Black activism in East Texas ⓘ |
| hasCause |
racial tensions in Longview, Texas
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resentment of Black economic progress ⓘ white backlash to Black assertiveness after World War I ⓘ |
| hasContext |
Red Summer of 1919
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post–World War I racial violence in the United States ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | 1919-07-12 ⓘ |
| hasEra |
Jim Crow era in the United States
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linked to:
Jim Crow laws
|
| hasEthnicGroupInvolved |
African Americans in Longview
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white residents of Longview ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | local memory of racial violence in Longview, Texas ⓘ |
| hasLegalConsequence | grand jury investigations into the violence ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
example of early 20th-century white mob violence against African Americans
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illustration of racial tensions in Texas during Jim Crow era ⓘ major racial conflict of the Red Summer ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | 1919-07-10 ⓘ |
| involves |
armed self-defense by some Black residents
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armed white mobs ⓘ burning of Black homes ⓘ destruction of Black businesses ⓘ lynching threats against Black residents ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | July 1919 ⓘ |
| location | Longview, Texas ⓘ |
| mainVictims |
African Americans
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linked to:
Black Americans
|
| motivatedBy |
racism
ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Black community leaders in Longview
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some state authorities seeking to restore order ⓘ |
| partOf | Red Summer ⓘ |
| perpetrators | white mobs ⓘ |
| precededBy | racial tensions over newspaper reports about a lynching in Longview ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Chicago race riot of 1919
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linked to:
Chicago Race Riot of 1919
Elaine massacre ⓘ Knoxville riot of 1919 ⓘ Omaha race riot of 1919 ⓘ Washington, D.C. race riot of 1919 ⓘ |
| rememberedAs | one of the major racial conflicts of the Red Summer ⓘ |
| result |
deaths and injuries among Black residents
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imposition of martial law in Longview ⓘ mass arrests of Black residents ⓘ property damage in Black neighborhoods ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
civil rights scholarship on racial violence in Texas
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historical studies of Red Summer ⓘ |
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Subject: Longview race riot Description of subject: The Longview race riot was a violent white supremacist attack on Black residents in Longview, Texas, in July 1919, and is remembered as one of the major racial conflicts of the Red Summer.
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