Two Bombs Tossed
... against encroachment of Negroes in white residential districts.
Herald-Examiner, March 11, 1920:
South Side House Sold to Negroes Bombed
Journal, March 24, 1920:
Bomb Shakes Building. Deal for Sale Off
The prospective buyer was talking with —— when there came a loud noise. [Buyer was colored.]
A typical example of newspaper reports of the bombings of Negro homes appeared in the Herald-Examiner of April 4, 1920:
Bomb Blasts in Front of Negro Flat Building
A black powder bomb was exploded last night in front of the vestibule of a four-story flat building 423 E. 48th Place, occupied by Negroes. The building is owned by Robert B. Jackson, who lives on the second floor. He recently purchased it from Louis Cohen. The apartment is in the neighborhood peopled mainly by whites, and the police believe racial differences are responsible for the bomb. The explosion did slight damages. No one was hurt.
One of the typical shorter reports also appeared in the same paper May 25, 1918: