Racial Violence – Race Riots 1900-1960
The Cicero Riot of 1951
The Cicero Riot of 1951 occurred from July 11-12, 1951, when a mob of approximately 4,000 whites attacked an apartment...
Longview, Texas Race Riot, 1919
The Longview Race Riot occurred on July 10-12 in this northeast Texas city where 1,790 blacks comprised 31% of the...
Peekskill Riot (1949)
The Peekskill Riot was a series of violent attacks by mobs of white citizens directed against African Americans and Jews...
The Slocum Massacre (1910)
The Slocum Massacre occurred on July 29, 1910 in Slocum, Texas, an unincorporated community in southeast Anderson County. The city...
The Columbia Race Riot (1946)
The race riot in Columbia, Tennessee, a town of 10,911, from February 25 to 28, 1946 was early example of...
Elaine, Arkansas Riot (1919)
One of the last of the major riots of the “Red Summer” of 1919, the so-called race riot in Elaine, Arkansas was in fact...
The Philadelphia Race Riot (1918)
The 1918 Race Riot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania began on July 26, 1918, two days after an African American woman, Adella Bond, moved into her...
The Chester, Pennsylvania Race Riot (1917)
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 New York City Race Riot (1900)
The 1900 New York City, New York Race Riot began following an incident between Arthur J. Harris, a black man, and a white...
