· Denver, Colorado
Denver Anti-Chinese Riot
injustice
Content note: this entry describes racial violence.
A mob of some 3,000 destroyed Denver's Chinatown ('Hop Alley') and beat to death laundry worker Look Young in the city's first race riot.
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Sources
- historycolorado.org historycolorado.org/story/colorado-voices/2019/04/11/rise-and-fall-denvers-chinatown
- smithsonianmag.com smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/denver-apologizes-for-anti-chinese-riot-of-1880-180979945