Port Arthur riot 1919

Port Arthur riot 1919

Part of Red Summer
July US News coverage of the Port Arthur riot 1919
Date	July 15, 1919
Location	Port Arthur, Texas
Non-fatal injuries	Dozens wounded

The Port Arthur riot happened on July 15, 1919, in Port Arthur, Texas. Violence started after a group of white men objected to an African American smoking near a white woman on a street car.^[1] A "score" of whites and twice that number of African Americans battled in the streets leaving two seriously injured and dozens with minor injuries.^[2]