1992 Anti-Black Firebombing in Berwyn

What happened in 1992 within days of the Campbell family moving into their first home in Berwyn, a former sundown town with only 54 Black residents among its 43K population? What happened 30 years later when Berwyn residents wanted to acknowledge the hate crime and asked Mayor Robert Lovero to pass a Racial Reconciliation Proclamation?

Posted 3/2/25 by Luz Chavez. Originally created by Chavez in March 2022 and shared on Rizoma Collective’s Facebook page.