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| b1d47f1 | Following the July 1919 race riot in Washington, DC, Johnson investigated and offered this assessment of how and why peace was restored. "The Negroes saved themselves and saved Washington by their determination not to run but to fight, fight in the defense of their lives and their homes. If the white mob had gone unchecked--and it was only the determined effort of black men that checked it--Washington would have been another and worse East .. | Nicholas Johnson |