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Red Summer

Red Summer proper noun: the period from late winter through early autumn of 1919 during which racial riots took place in more than three dozen cities across the United States, as well as in one rural county in Arkansas.

Proper noun

Red Summer

  1. (historical) The period from late winter through early autumn of 1919 during which racial riots took place in more than three dozen cities across the United States, as well as in one rural county in Arkansas.

Origin of Red Summer

Coined by American civil rights activist and author James Weldon Johnson in 1919.

Questions about Red Summer

What does Red Summer mean?
Red Summer means the period from late winter through early autumn of 1919 during which racial riots took place in more than three dozen cities across the United States, as well as in one rural county in Arkansas.
What part of speech is Red Summer?
Red Summer is a proper noun.

Words near Red Summer in the dictionary

  1. Red Stick
  2. Red Sticks
  3. red strawberry tongue
  4. Red Stream
  5. red string of fate
  6. Red Summer
  7. red sunflower
  8. red sunflowers
  9. red supergiant
  10. red supergiants
  11. red swampdragon

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