On This Day, April 23: Rhythm Club fire kills 209 African Americans

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 02:00 in Psychology & Sociology

On April 23, 1940, a fire at the River Club in Natchez, Miss., claimed the lives of 209 people, all African Americans.

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