As we are living through 2020, it's worth remembering that such violence spikes recur roughly every 50 years. The spike of c.1920 was much worse than that of the late 1960s.
1921 was a particularly dark year.
reuters.com/news/picture/t… via @Reuters
The Tulsa Riot of 1921 was preceded by the Red Summer of 1919 -- race riots in c.20 cities that claimed up to 1000 lives
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Summer
Add to that the West Virginia Mine War of 1920-21. It was the first (and only) time when the US government used the Air Force against its own people.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virg…
And let's not forget the terror campaign by the anarchists. The Wall Street Bombing of 1920 alone killed 38 people.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Stre…
At the same time, there was a fake threat: the Red Scare of 1920-21 aka the First Red Scare.
Still, it shows how frightened the US elites were. Also, that the tendency to blame outsiders for internal problems is not a recent invention.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Red…
Correction: the Red Scare of 1919-20
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