by SandersSheren | Nov 27, 2017 | African American History, Events
The Chicago Race Riot of 1964 was actually centered in Dixmoor, Illinois, a suburb southwest of the city. By 1960 Dixmoor had less than 4,000 residents. Of that population over 50 percent of its residents were black. A large portion of Dixmoor’s black population were...
by Shontoria Pratt | Nov 27, 2017 | African American History, Events
Annin Street in 1916, focal point of the South Philadelphia Riot in 1918 Image Ownership: Public domain The 1918 Race Riot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania began on July 26, 1918, two days after an African American woman, Adella Bond, moved into her new home in a...
by StephanieChristensen | Nov 27, 2017 | African American History, Events
On August 19, 1991, two African American cousins named Gavin and Angela Cato were playing in the streets of Brooklyn, New York. As Gavin went to adjust his bike lock, an Orthodox Jewish driver named Yosefl Lifsch, who was part of a motorcade for notable Rabbi...
by BrianHoffman | Nov 26, 2017 | African American History, Events
The 1967 Albina Riot in Portland, Oregon, occurred during a summer in which over 150 other cities were experiencing civil unrest. Underlying resentments and racial tensions that had been mounting for decades were a common theme in these urban uprisings. Blacks in...
by Shontoria Pratt | Nov 22, 2017 | African American History, Events
The 1917 Race Riot in Chester, Pennsylvania began July 24, 1917 and continued until July 30, 1917. It is considered unique from many of the other race riots of the World War I and interwar period because there were no accusations of police brutality, and city...
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