Civil Rights Movement: 1955–1973 Mass racial violence in the United States

1 civil rights movement: 1955–1973

1.1 1963
1.2 1964
1.3 1965
1.4 1966
1.5 1967
1.6 1968
1.7 1969
1.8 1970
1.9 1971
1.10 1972
1.11 1973

civil rights movement: 1955–1973
1963

birmingham riot of 1963; birmingham, alabama - may
cambridge riot of 1963; cambridge, maryland - june

1964

rochester 1964 race riot; rochester, new york – july
new york city 1964 riot; new york city – july
philadelphia 1964 race riot; philadelphia – august
jersey city 1964 race riot, august 2–4, jersey city, new jersey
paterson 1964 race riot, august 11–13, paterson, new jersey
elizabeth 1964 race riot, august 11–13, elizabeth, new jersey
chicago 1964 race riot, dixmoor riot, august 16–17, chicago

1965

watts riots; los angeles, california – august


this predominately african-american neighborhood exploded violence august 11th august 17th after arrest of 21-year old marquette frye, black motorist arrested white highway patrolman. during arrest crowd had gathered , fight broke out between crowd , police, escalating point in rocks , concrete thrown @ police. 30,000 people recorded participating in riots , fights police, left thirty 4 people dead, 1,000 injured , 4,000 arrested.

1966

hough riots; cleveland, ohio – july
hunter s point riot; san francisco
division street riots; chicago, illinois – june

1967

1967 newark riots; newark, new jersey – july
1967 plainfield riots; plainfield, new jersey – july
12th street riot; detroit, michigan – july
1967 new york city riot; harlem, new york city - july
cambridge riot of 1967; cambridge, maryland - july
1967 rochester riot; rochester, new york - july
1967 pontiac riot; pontiac, michigan - july
1967 toledo riot; toledo, ohio - july
1967 flint riot; flint, michigan - july
1967 grand rapids riot; grand rapids, michigan - july
1967 houston riot; houston, texas - july
1967 englewood riot; englewood, new jersey - july
1967 tucson riot; tucson, arizona - july
1967 milwaukee riot; milwaukee, wisconsin – july
minneapolis north side riots; minneapolis-saint paul, minnesota – august
1967 albina riot portland, oregon - august 30

1968

orangeburg massacre; orangeburg, south carolina – february
king assassination riots: 125 cities in april , may, in response murder of martin luther king, jr. including:

baltimore riot of 1968; baltimore maryland
1968 washington, d.c. riots; washington, d.c.
1968 new york city riot; new york city
west side riots; chicago
1968 detroit riot; detroit, michigan
louisville riots of 1968; louisville, kentucky
hill district mlk riots; pittsburgh, pa
summit, illinois, race riot @ argo high school, september 1968


miami, florida riots
1968 democratic national convention

1969

1969 york race riot; york, pennsylvania – july
1969 hartford riots, september 1–4, hartford, connecticut

1970

augusta riot; augusta, georgia – may
jackson state killings; jackson, mississippi – may
asbury park riot; asbury park, new jersey – july
chicano moratorium, anti vietnam war protest turned riot in east los angeles – august

1971

east la riots, january 31, east los angeles, california
bridgeport riots, may 20–21, bridgeport, connecticut
chattanooga riot, may 21–24, chattanooga, tennessee
albuquerque riots, june 13–14, albuquerque, new mexico
oxnard riots, july 19, oxnard, california
riverside riots, august 8–9, riverside, california
camden riots, august 19–22, camden, new jersey

1972

escambia high school riots; pensacola, florida
blackstone park riots, july 16–18, boston, massachusetts

1973

santos rodriguez riot, dallas, texas july 28, 1973




^ albina riot, 1967 . oregon history project. retrieved 2016-10-11.