Violence instigated by White people, violent police encounters and protests for racial justice were rampant in Philadelphia during the 1918 flu pandemic. The next morning, a White mob chased Jesse Butler as he walked home from a party. And though White people had instigated most of the violence, the majority of the 60 people arrested were Black. "What you have in the early 1900s and today is rising nativism, White ethnocentrism and White supremacy," Hardy said. Thoughts on history and hopeThe similarities between the race riots of 1918 and racial conflicts today emphasize the importance of knowing the truth, Finkel said.

Source: CNN February 16, 2021 08:15 UTC