by MaguireLea | Jul 1, 2018 | African American History, Events
Asbury Park, New Jersey’s West Side district—predominantly black and housing 40% of the town’s permanent population—was consumed by rioting from July 4 to July 10 in 1970. At the time of the riot, 30% of the population, 17,000 people approximately, were African...
by DrousieEmile | Jul 1, 2018 | African American History, Events
The city of Camden, New Jersey was the setting for two deadly race-related riots on September 2nd, 1969, and August 20th, 1971. Both riots were in response to alleged police brutality or murder, the victims being an unidentified young black girl, who was beaten by a...
by HenigAdam | Mar 25, 2018 | African American History, Events
On the evening of Sunday, September 30, 1962, Southern segregationists rioted and fought state and federal forces on the campus of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in Oxford, Mississippi to prevent the enrollment of the first African American student to attend...
by MaguireLea | Mar 25, 2018 | African American History, Events
Few people are aware of the race riot that occurred in Tucson, Arizona, in 1967. The riot was caused by the arrest of an unidentified Black 14-year-old a few days before. From July 23rd to 25th, in the North side of the city, within a four-mile area between 4th...
by FikesRobert | Mar 25, 2018 | African American History, Events
The West Las Vegas Riot occurred on April 30, 1992 in the predominantly black Westside of Las Vegas, Nevada. The riot came a day after four Los Angeles Police Department officers were acquitted in the highly publicized beating of Rodney King the year before. The...
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