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THE CHICAGO RACE RIOTS

5. Defense against lynching and burning at the hands of mobs.

6. Equal service on railroads and other public carriers, this to mean sleeping car service, dining car service, Pullman service, at the same cost and on the same terms as other passengers.

7. Equal right to the use of public parks, libraries and other community services for which he is taxed.

8. An equal chance for a livlihood in public and private employment.

9. The abolition of color-hyphenation and the substitution of "straight Americanism."