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red summer

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.97 in modern English

Syllables
red -sum-mer
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The period from late winter through early autumn of 1919 during which racial riots took place in more than three dozen cities across the United States, as well as in one rural county in Arkansas.

Etymology

Coined by American civil rights activist and author James Weldon Johnson in 1919.

Questions

What does red summer mean?
The period from late winter through early autumn of 1919 during which racial riots took place in more than three dozen cities across the United States, as well as in one rural county in Arkansas.
Where does red summer come from?
Coined by American civil rights activist and author James Weldon Johnson in 1919.

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