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Prologue to Two: A Time to Reap

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Hartfield, Claire. Title of Book. Clarion Books, 2018. Hardcover.

• In the Prologue, the author discusses what happened in Chicago on a hot July summer afternoon in 1919.

• On that day in July, five boys’ frolicking in Lake Michigan sparked a race riot.

• The rage that boiled that day on the beach had been festering for a long time.

• Black migrants from the South had been clashing with white immigrants from Europe.

• Laborers and union leaders struggled against industrialists.

• Police officers and gang members tried to control the streets.

• Democratic aldermen and a Republic major fought over patronage and power.

• In One: “The Beach,” John Turner Harris’ life changed on July 27, 1919.

• That summer Sunday morning was extremely hot.

• Temperatures soared to 96 degrees, 14 degrees above normal.

• The few Chicagoans who had the...

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