In

the

summer

of

1919,

a

group

of

young

white

boys

from

Michigan

Lake

laid

out

on

the

sand

for

several

thousand

people

who

had

come

to

take

advantage

of

the

hot

weather.

A

black

boy

named

Eugene

Williams

was

unlucky

enough

to

fall

through

a

line

that

was

invisible

but

didn’t

appear

in

the

sky

–

the

line

that

defined

their

race.

The

other

side

of

the

invisible

line

was

where

an

African

American

was

approaching

him,

feeling

attacked

by

racial

prejudice.

After

all

that,

he

threw

rocks

at

Eugene

and

received

severe

injuries

as

a

result.

While

the

local

community

suffered

significant

damage

to

homes

and

businesses

due

to

the

chaos

and

violence,

it

became

the

most

violent

and

grisly

ethnic

violence

in

US

history

until

1926.

On

August

3rd,

the

riotous

event

came

to

an

end

as

23

black

people

died

and

15

white

people

lost

their

lives,

along

with

more

than

five

hundred

people

injured.

In

addition,

800

families

had

lost

their

homes

and

were

left

homeless

when

the

racial

riots

began

in

1919.

The

total

loss

of

life

reached

over

one

thousand

two

hundred

black

Americans

and

15

white

Americans.

Over

ten

thousand

Black

American

households

suffered

from

being

burned

down

by

settlers

or

having

their

homes

destroyed

during

the

rioting

season

of

summer

1919.

The

aftermath

of

the

riots

were

marked

with

bloodshed,

violence,

destruction,

and

loss

of

life

that

would

remain

a

legacy

in

American

history

forever.

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