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 primarily white area of … Read MoreThe Philadelphia Race Riot (1918)
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 … Read MoreCrown Heights (Brooklyn) New York Riot, 1991
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 Oregon were consistently the target of … Read MoreAlbina Riot, Portland, Oregon (1967)
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 officials and police made … Read MoreThe Chester, Pennsylvania Race Riot (1917)
The 1900 New York City, New York Race Riot began following an incident between Arthur J. Harris, a black man, and a white undercover police officer, Robert J. Thorpe, outside the apartment of Harris and his girlfriend May Enoch in the Tenderloin section of New York City. At … Read MoreThe New York City Race Riot (1900)
The 1899 Newburg, New York Race Riot was the culmination of months of racial tension between non-black and black brickyard workers after brickyard owners began hiring black workers to fill labor shortages. Previously, local brickyards had hired Irish workers, then Hungarian, Italian, and Arab workers with only two brickyards in the city hiring black workers … Read MoreNewburg, New York Race Riot (1899)
The Charlotte Riot of 2016 was a protest that lasted for three days and came in the wake of the Keith Lamont Scott shooting. Beginning on September 20, the riot resulted in violence with one protester killed and numerous injured police officers. On September 20, a black Charlotte-Mecklenburg police … Read MoreCharlotte Riot of 2016
There was much racial unrest in New York City, New York in the early 1800s as immigrants from across Europe and migrants from neighboring states arrived in the city. Slavery was abolished in New York state in 1827. Although black New Yorkers were free, many of their families were broken because … Read MoreThe Colored Orphans Asylum of New York (1836-1946)
The New York City Draft Riots remain today the single largest urban civilian insurrection in United States history. By the start of the Civil War in April 1861, New York City, New York Mayor Fernando Wood called for the city to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy, but the … Read MoreThe New York City Draft Riots (1863)
The 1967 Plainfield, New Jersey, Riot was among the over 150 urban uprisings that transpired throughout the nation in the late 1960s. As with many other uprisings during this time, underlying resentments that had been mounting in neglected communities contributed to the civil unrest that occurred. Frustrations and … Read MorePlainfield, New Jersey Riot (1967)
