Original Blog Entry: This & That [civil unrest, a part of US history]

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This article is about incidents of civil unrest, rioting, violent labor disputes, or minor insurrections or revolts in the United States. For incidents occurring before the Declaration of Independence, see List of incidents of civil unrest in Colonial North America.

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Listed are major episodes of civil unrest in the United States. This list does not include the numerous incidents of destruction and violence associated with various sporting events.[1]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2018)

18th century

1783 Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783, June 20. Anti-government protest by soldiers of the Continental Army against the Congress of the Confederation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1786 Shays's Rebellion, August 29, 1786 February 3, 1787, Western Massachusetts

1786 Paper Money Riot, September 20, Exeter, New Hampshire

1788 Doctors Mob Riot, New York City

1791 1794 Whiskey Rebellion, Western Pennsylvania (anti-excise tax on whiskey)

1799 Fries's Rebellion, 1799 1800, Tax revolt by Pennsylvania Dutch farmers, Pennsylvania

19th century

1800 1849

1811 - 1811 German Coast uprising, slave revolt in the Territory of Orleans

1812 Baltimore riots, these took place shortly before the War of 1812

1824 Hard Scrabble and Snow Town Riots, 1824 1831 respectively, Providence, RI (race riots)

1829 Cincinnati riots of 1829, August 15 22, Cincinnati, Ohio; race riots triggered by labor competition between Irish immigrants and southern black migrants

1831 Nat Turner's Rebellion, August 21 23, Southampton County, Virginia

1834 Anti-abolitionist riot, New York City

1834 Philadelphia race riot, August 12 14

1834 Attack on Canterbury Female Boarding School, Canterbury, Connecticut, one of the first schools for African American girls

1835 Baltimore bank riot, August 6 9

1835 Gentleman's Riot, numerous riots throughout 1835 targeting abolitionists,[2] Boston, Massachusetts

1835 Snow Riot, Washington D.C.; race riot caused by labor competition

1835 Destruction of Noyes Academy, Canaan, New Hampshire, a racially integrated school

1835 1836 Toledo War, a boundary dispute between states of Michigan and Ohio

1836 Cincinnati Riots of 1836, Cincinnati, Ohio (race riots)

1837 Flour Riots, New York City

1837 Murder of abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy

1838 Burning of Pennsylvania Hall; a lecture hall built with the intention of debating abolition, women's rights, and other reforms is burned down only 4 days after opening.

1839 Honey War, Iowa-Missouri border

1839 Anti-Rent War, Hudson Valley, New York

1841 Dorr Rebellion, Rhode Island

1841 Cincinnati Riots of 1841, early September, Cincinnati, Ohio (race riot)

1842 Lombard Street Riot, (a.k.a. the Abolition Riots), August 1, Philadelphia

1842 Muncy Abolition riot of 1842

1844 Philadelphia Nativist Riots, May 6 8, July 6 7, Philadelphia (anti-Catholic)

1845 Milwaukee Bridge War

1849 Astor Place riot, May 10, New York City, (anti-British)

1850 1859

1851 Christiana Riot, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

1853 Cincinnati Riot of 1853, Cincinnati, Ohio (anti-Catholic)

1855 Cincinnati riots of 1855 (anti-immigration)

1855 Lager Beer Riot, April 21, Chicago, Illinois

1855 Portland Rum Riot, June 2, Portland, Maine

1855 Bloody Monday, Know-Nothing Party riot, August 6, Louisville, Kentucky (anti-immigration)

1855 Detroit brothel riots, 1855 1859, Detroit, Michigan[3]

1856 Sacking of Lawrence, Kansas, May 21, 1856, when proslavery settlers ransacked Lawrence, Kansas, founded by antislavery Yankees. Kansas Territory became known as Bleeding Kansas.

1856 Battle of Seattle (1856), Jan 26, Attack by Native American tribesmen upon Seattle, Washington.

1856 Pottawatomie massacre, May 24, Franklin County, Kansas

1856 Baltimore Know-Nothing riots of 1856, (anti-immigration)

1856 San Francisco Vigilance Movement, San Francisco, California

1857 Know-Nothing Riot, June 1, Washington D.C. (anti-immigration)

1857 New York City Police Riot, June 16, New York City

1857 Dead Rabbits Riot, July 4 5, New York City

1858 Know-Nothing Riot 1858, New Orleans, Louisiana (anti-immigration)

1859 John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, October 16, Harpers Ferry, Virginia

1860 1869

1861 1865: American Civil War, April 12, 1861 May 26, 1865, United States

1861 Baltimore Riot of 1861, April 19, (a.k.a. the Pratt Street Riot), Baltimore, Maryland

1861 Camp Jackson Affair, May 10, Union forces clash with Confederate sympathizers on the streets of St. Louis, 28 dead, 100 injured, St. Louis, Missouri

1862 1862 Brooklyn riot occurred August 4 between the New York Metropolitan Police against a white mob attacking African American strike-breakers at a Tobacco Factory[4]

1862 Buffalo riot of 1862, August 12, Buffalo, New York (labor riot)

1863 Detroit race riot of 1863, March 6

1863 - Tally's War/Skunk River War, Keokuk County, Iowa

1863 Southern bread riots, April 2, Riots which broke out in the South during the Civil War due to food shortages throughout the Confederate States of America

1863 Battle of Fort Fizzle, June, also known as the Holmes County Draft Riots, active resistance to the draft during the Civil War, Holmes County, Ohio

1863 New York City draft riots, July 13 16, (anti-draft)

1864 Charleston Riot, March 28, Charleston, Illinois

1865 April 1 3, 1865 Burning of Richmond The endgame of the Civil War

1866 Memphis Riots of 1866, May 1 3, Race riot that broke out during Reconstruction, Memphis, Tennessee

1866 New Orleans riot, July 30, New Orleans, Louisiana

1867 1867 Franklin riot, July 10, Franklin, Tennessee[5]

1867 1867 Rogersville riot, July 26, Rogersville, Tennessee[6]

1868 Pulaski Riot, Pulaski, Tennessee (race riot)

1870 1879

The New York Orange Riot of 1871, between Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants.

1870 First New York City Orange riot, Irish Catholics versus Irish Protestants

1870 Kirk-Holden war, July November, Caswell and Alamance counties North Carolina

1870 Mamaroneck Riot, labor riot between Italian and Irish laborers

1870 Eutaw Riot, Eutaw, Alabama, Ku Klux Klan attacked a Republican rally[7]

1871 Second New York City Orange riot

1871 Meridian race riot of 1871, March, Meridian, Mississippi

1871 Los Angeles anti-Chinese riot, Los Angeles, California

1873 Colfax massacre, April 13, Colfax, Louisiana (race related)

1874 Coushatta massacre, August, An attack by the White League on Republican officeholders and freedmen, Coushatta, Louisiana

1874 Election Riot of 1874, Barbour County, Alabama (race related)

1874 Tompkins Square Riot, New York City (poverty)

1874 Battle of Liberty Place, New Orleans, Louisiana (anti-Reconstruction)

1874 1875 Vicksburg massacre, Vicksburg, Mississippi (anti-Reconstruction)

1876 South Carolina civil disturbances of 1876, South Carolina (race riots)

1877 Widespread rioting occurred across the US as part of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877:

Baltimore railroad strike in Baltimore, Maryland

Chicago railroad strike of 1877, Chicago, Illinois

Philadelphia Railroad Strike, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh Railway Riots, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Reading Railroad massacre, Reading, Pennsylvania

Saint Louis general strike, July, East St. Louis, Illinois

Scranton General Strike, in Scranton, Pennsylvania

Shamokin uprising, Shamokin, Pennsylvania

1877 San Francisco Riot of 1877 (anti-Chinese immigration)

1880 1889

1880 1880 Garret Mountain May Day riot, May 1, Paterson, New Jersey

1882 Greenwood, New York, insurrection of 1882

1884 Cincinnati riots of 1884, March 28 30, Cincinnati, Ohio

1885 Rock Springs massacre, September 2, 1885, white miners attack Chinese miners; 28 killed, 15 injured, Rock Springs, Wyoming

1886 Seattle riot of 1886, February 6 9, Seattle, Washington (anti-Chinese)

1886 Haymarket riot, May 4, Chicago, Illinois (labor riot)

1886 Bay View Massacre, May 4; 1400 workers march for eight hour work day; 7 killed and several more wounded after confrontation with National Guard. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1887 Reservoir war, April 25; a minor insurrection against the State of Ohio to destroy a canal feeder reservoir and other canal infrastructure. Antwerp, Ohio

1887 Thibodaux Massacre, November 22 25; a racial attack mounted by white paramilitary groups in Thibodaux, Louisiana in November 1887 Thibodaux, Louisiana

1888 Jaybird-Woodpecker War, 1888 90, two factions of Democratic Party fight for control, Fort Bend County, Texas

1889 1889 Forrest City riot, May 18, Forrest City, Arkansas (race riot)[8]

1889 1889 Jesup riot, December 25, Jesup, Georgia[9]

1890 1899

1891 Hennessy Affair, New Orleans, Louisiana (anti-Italian)

1891 - Morewood massacre, United Mine Workers strike

1892 Homestead strike, July 6, 1892, Homestead, Pennsylvania

1892 1893 Mitcham War, Clarke County, Alabama; group of young rural farmers attack nearby businessmen, possibly motivated by 1892 election

1894 May Day riots of 1894, May 1, Cleveland, Ohio (labor riot)

1894 American Railway Union striking Pullman factory workers near Chicago, Illinois

1894 Pullman strike American Railway Union strike versus federal troops, many cities west of Detroit

1894 Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike, coal mining regions

1895 New Orleans dockworkers riot, New Orleans, Louisiana

1897 Lattimer massacre, September 1897, near Hazleton, Pennsylvania (labor massacre)

1898 1898 Tampa riot, June 6 7, Tampa, Florida; confrontation between white and segregated black soldiers[10]

1898 Battle of Virden, October 12, Coal strike; 11 killed, 35 wounded, Virden, Illinois

1898 Phoenix election riot, November 8, Greenwood County, South Carolina (race riot)

1898 Wilmington insurrection, November 10, Wilmington, North Carolina (coordinated terrorist attack, race riot and coup d' tat against blacks and reconstructionists)

1899 Pana riot, April 10, Coal mine labor conflict; 7 killed, 6 wounded, Pana, Illinois

1899 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho labor confrontation of 1899

20th century

1900 1909

1900 Akron Riot of 1900, Akron, Ohio

1900 New Orleans Riot (race riots)

1900 1900 Liberty County riot, August 18, Liberty County, Georgia[11][12]

1900 New York City Race Riot[13]

1901 Denver Riots, Denver, Colorado

1901 Pierce City Riots, Pierce City, Missouri

1903 Colorado Labor Wars, 1903 1904

1903 Anthracite Coal Strike, Eastern Pennsylvania

1903 Evansville Race Riot, Evansville, Indiana

1905 1905 Chicago teamsters' strike, April 7 July 19, Conflict between the Teamsters Union and the Employers' Association of Chicago by the end, 21 people killed and 416 injured, mostly workers. Chicago, IL

1906 Rioting and looting after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake

1906 Atlanta Race Riot, Atlanta, Georgia

1907 Bellingham riots, Bellingham, Washington (anti-Indian riots)

1908 Springfield Race Riot, Springfield, Illinois (anti-Black riots)

1909 Greek Town riot, February 21, South Omaha, Nebraska (anti-Greek riots)

1910 1919

1910 Johnson Jeffries riots (race riots)

1910 1919 Bandit War Southern Texas

1910 Philadelphia general strike (1910), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1912 Lawrence textile strike, Lawrence, Massachusetts (January to March)

1912 Grabow riot (July 7); (labor riot)

1913 Wheatland Riot, August 3, Wheatland, California (labor riot)

1913 Paterson silk strike, February 25 July 28 Paterson, New Jersey

1913 Copper Country Strike of 1913 1914, Calumet, Michigan

1913 Colorado Coalfield War, September 23 April 29, 1914, Southern Colorado (labor riot)

1913 Indianapolis streetcar strike of 1913, October 30 November 7, Indianapolis, Indiana

1914 Ludlow massacre, April 20, Ludlow, Colorado (labor massacre)

1914 Macaroni Riots, August 29 September 7, Federal Hill, Providence, Rhode Island

1916 Preparedness Day bombing, July 22, San Francisco, California

1916 Everett massacre, November 5, Everett, Washington (labor massacre)

1917 Bath riots, January 28 30, El Paso, Texas

1917 East St. Louis Race Riots, July 2, St. Louis, Missouri East St. Louis, Illinois (race riots triggered by labor competition)

1917 Chester race riot, July 25 29, Chester, Pennsylvania

1917 Springfield Vigilante Riot, Springfield, Missouri

1917 Green Corn Rebellion, August 3, A brief popular uprising advocating for the rural poor and against military conscription, Central Oklahoma

1917 Houston Race riot, August 23, Houston, Texas

1917 St. Paul Streetcar Riots, October and December, St. Paul, Minnesota

1918 Detroit trolley riot, Detroit, Michigan[3]

1919 Seattle General Strike, February 6 11, Seattle, Washington

1919 May Day Riots, May 1, Cleveland, Ohio, Boston, Massachusetts, New York City, New York (state) (labor riots triggered by Eugene V. Debs' conviction, and American intervention in the Russian Civil War)

1919 Red Summer, white riots against blacks

Blakeley, Georgia (February 8)

Memphis, Tennessee (March 14)

Morgan County, West Virginia (April 10)

Jenkins County, Georgia (April 13)

Charleston, South Carolina (May 10)

Sylvester, Georgia (May 10)

New London, Connecticut (May 29)

Putnam County, Georgia (May 27 29)

Monticello, Mississippi (May 31)

Memphis, Tennessee (June 13)

New London, Connecticut (June 13)

Annapolis, Maryland (June 27)

Macon, Mississippi (June 27)

Bisbee, Arizona (July 3)

Dublin, Georgia (July 6)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (July 7)

Coatesville, Pennsylvania (July 8)

Tuscaloosa, Alabama (July 9)

Longview, Texas (July 10 12)

Indianapolis, Indiana (July 14)

Port Arthur, Texas (July 15)

Washington, D.C. (July 19 24)

Norfolk, Virginia (July 21)

New Orleans, Louisiana (July 23)

Darby, Pennsylvania (July 23)

Hobson City, Alabama (July 26)

Chicago, Illinois (July 27 August 3), one of the largest episodes in American history

Newberry, South Carolina (July 28)

Bloomington, Illinois (July 31)

Syracuse, New York (July 31)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (July 31)

Hattiesburg, Mississippi (August 4)

Texarkana, Texas riot of 1919 (August 6)

New York, New York (August 21)

Knoxville, Tennessee (August 30)

Ellenton, South Carolina (September 15 21)

Omaha, Nebraska (September 28 29)

Elaine, Arkansas (October 1 2)

Baltimore, Maryland (October 1 2)

Corbin, Kentucky (October 31, 1919)

Wilmington, Delaware (November 13)

1919 Annapolis riot of 1919, June 27, Annapolis, Maryland

1919 Boston Police Strike, September 9 11, Boston, Massachusetts

1919 Steel Strike of 1919, September 22 January 8 Pennsylvania

1919 Coal Strike of 1919, November 1 December 10 Pennsylvania

1919 Centralia Massacre, November 11, Centralia, Washington (labor massacre)

1920 1929

1920 1920 Lexington riots, Feb 20, Lexington, KY

1920 Battle of Matewan, May 20, Matewan, West Virginia (labor massacre)

1920 Ocoee massacre, November 2 3, Ocoee, Florida (race massacre on election day)

1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, May 31 June 1, Tulsa, Oklahoma

1921 Battle of Blair Mountain, August September, Logan County, West Virginia; labor massacre in which up to 100 people were killed

1922 Herrin Massacre, June 21 22, Herrin, Illinois (labor massacre)

1922 Straw Hat Riot, September 13 15, New York City, New York

1922 Perry race riot, December 14 15, Perry, Florida

1923 Rosewood Massacre, January 1 7, Rosewood, Florida (race massacre)

1925 Ossian Sweet incident, September, Detroit, Michigan

1927 Yakima Valley Anti-Filipino Riot, November 8 11, Yakima Valley

1927 Columbine Mine Massacre, November 21, Serene, Colorado

1929 Loray Mill strike, Gastonia, North Carolina

1930 1939

1930 Watsonville Riots, January 19 23, Watsonville, California (race riots)

1931 Battle of Evarts, May 5, Harlan County, Kentucky (labor massacre)

1931 The Housing Protests, August 3, Chicago, Illinois

1931 - Iowa Cow War, September 21 25, Cedar County, Iowa

1931 Hawaii Riot, Hawaii

1931 1932 Harlan County War, Harlan County, Kentucky, Part of the Coal Wars and resulted in at least 5 total deaths.

1932 Bonus Army March, Spring/Summer 1932, Washington, D.C.

1932 Ford Hunger March, March 7, 3,000 unemployed workers march on Ford Motors, five are killed, River Rouge plant, Dearborn, Michigan

1934 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1934 Auto-Lite strike, April 4 June 3, the Battle of Toledo riot, Toledo, Ohio

1934 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike, May 9 October 12, San Francisco Bay Area, California; Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington

1934 Textile workers strike (1934)

1934 Detroit World Series riot, October 10, Detroit, Michigan[3]

1935 Harlem Riot, March 19 20, New York City; first modern race riot due to attacks turning from against people to against property

1935 Southern Tenant Farmers' Union Riot, Arkansas

1935 Terre Haute General Strike, July 22 23, A labor dispute between an enameling company and a labor union led to a two-day general strike. Indiana National Guard was called out and martial law was declared by the Governor. The city was under a state of martial law for six months. It was the third general strike in U.S. History. Terre Haute, Indiana

1937 Flint Sit-Down Strike, General Motors' Fisher Body Plant, Flint, Michigan

1937 Battle of the Overpass, May 26, Dearborn, Michigan;[3] members of United Auto Workers (UAW) clash with Henry Ford's security guards

1937 Republic Steel Strike, May 30, Chicago, Illinois

1940 1949

1942 Sojourner Truth Homes Riot, February 28, Detroit, Michigan (race riot)

1943 Beaumont race riot of 1943, June, Beaumont, Texas

1943 Zoot Suit Riots, July 3, Los Angeles, California (anti-Hispanic and anti-zoot suit)

1943 Detroit race riot of 1943, June 20 21, Detroit, Michigan

1943 Harlem riot of 1943, August 1 3, New York City, New York (race riot)

1946 Columbia race riot of 1946, February 25 26, Columbia, Tennessee

1946 Battle of Athens (1946), August, revolt by citizens against corrupt local government, McMinn County, Tennessee

1946 Airport Homes race riots, Chicago, Illinois

1947 Fernwood Park race riot, mid-August, Fernwood, Chicago, IL

1949 Fairground Park riot, June 21, St. Louis Missouri (race riot)

1949 Anacostia Pool Riot, June 29, Anacostia, Washington, D.C. (race riot)

1949 Peekskill riots, Peekskill, New York (race riot)

1949 Englewood race riot, November 8 12, Englewood, Chicago, IL

1950 1959

1950 San Juan Nationalist revolt, Utuado Uprising, Jayuya Uprising, October 30, Various uprisings against United States Government rule during the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolts of the 1950s in Puerto Rico

1951 Cicero race riot of 1951, July 12, Cicero, Illinois

1956 Mansfield School Integration Incident 400 pro-segregationists brandishing weapons and racist signage prevent 12 black children from entering Mansfield High School Mansfield, TX

1958 Battle of Hayes Pond, January 18, Maxton, North Carolina, Armed confrontation between members of the NC Lumbee tribe and the KKK.

1959 Harriett-Henderson Cotton Mills Strike Henderson, North Carolina

1959 1959 United Mine Workers strike, Coal miners strike in Eastern Kentucky

1960 1969

1968 Washington, D.C., riots

1960 - Biloxi wade-ins, April 24, Biloxi, Mississippi (Race riot)

1960 - HUAC riot, May 13, Students protest House Un-American Activities Committee hearings, 12 injured, 64 arrested, San Francisco, California

1960 Newport Jazz Festival Riot, July 2, Newport, Rhode Island

1960 El Cajon Boulevard Riot, August 20, San Diego, California

1960 Ax Handle Saturday, August 27, Jacksonville, Florida (race riot)

1962 Ole Miss riot 1962, September 3 October 1, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi (race riot caused by segregation)

1963 Birmingham riot of 1963, May 11, Birmingham, Alabama (race riot)

1963 Cambridge riot 1963, June 14, Cambridge, Maryland (race riot)

1964 Chester school protests, April 2 26, Chester, Pennsylvania (racially motivated)

1964 1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests June thru August, St. Augustine, Florida (protests over segregation)

1964 The July 16 killing of James Powell by police in the Yorkville neighborhood just south of East Harlem precipitates a string of race riots in July and August, including:

1964 Harlem Riot of 1964, July 16 22, New York City

1964 Rochester 1964 race riot, July 24 25, Rochester, New York

1964 Jersey City Riot, August 3 5, A disorderly conduct arrest set off accusations of police brutality and were followed by protests and riots.[14] At least two residents were shot and several police and rioters were injured,[15] Jersey City, NJ

1964 Dixmoor race riot, August 15 17, Dixmoor, Illinois

1964 Philadelphia 1964 race riot, August 28 30, Philadelphia

1965 Selma to Montgomery marches, March 7 25, Alabama

1965 Watts riots, August 11 17, Los Angeles, California (part of the ghetto riots)

1966 Division Street riots, June 12 14, Humboldt Park, Chicago, Illinois (Puerto Rican riots)

1966 Omaha riot of 1966, July 2, Omaha, Nebraska (race riots)

1966 1966 Chicago West-Side riots, July 12 15, Chicago, Illinois

1966 1966 New York City riots, July 14 20, New York City, New York, A riot broke out following a dispute between white and black youths. One person was killed and 53 injured. There were three arson incidents and 82 arrests.[16]

1966 Hough riots, July 18 24, Cleveland, Ohio

1966 Compton's Cafeteria Riot, August, San Francisco, California

1966 Perth Amboy riots, August 2 5, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, a riot broke out following the arrest of a Hispanic man for loitering. Hispanic residents also disliked being treated negatively by the police and being ignored by the community. Twenty-six injuries were reported (15 from law enforcement officers and 11 from civilians) and 43 arrests were made. Interference with firefighters occurred.[16][17]

1966 Marquette Park housing march, August 5, Chicago, Illinois

1966 Waukegan riot, August 27, Waukegan, Illinois

1966 Benton Harbor riots, August 30 September 4, Benton Harbor, Michigan

1966 1966 Dayton race riot, September 1, Dayton, Ohio

1966 Summerhill and Vine City Riots, September 6 8 Atlanta, Georgia

1966 Hunters Point social uprising, September 27 October 1 San Francisco, California

1966 1966 Clearwater riot, October 31, Clearwater, Florida[18]

1966 Sunset Strip curfew riots, November 12, various other flareups, basis for the song For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield song) , West Hollywood, California

1967 Long Hot Summer of 1967 refers to a year in which 159 race riots, almost all African-American, erupted across the United States, including:

1967 1967 Louisville riots, April 11 mid-June, Louisville, Kentucky[19]

1967 1967 Massillion riot, April 17, Massillon, Ohio, 17 arrests were made as black and white teenagers fought each other.[19]

1967 1967 Jackson riot, May 12, Jackson, Mississippi[19]

1967 1967 Texas Southern University riot, May 16, Houston, Texas[20]

1967 1967 Boston riot, June 2 5, Boston, Massachusetts[19]

1967 1967 Clearwater riot, June 3[19] or 4,[21] Clearwater, Florida, a riot started after a white police officer tried to assist an African-American officer break up a fight between two African-American men.[21]

1967 1967 Philadelphia riot, June 11, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, began after a dispute involving a rug. Bottle and brick throwing were reported in an African-American neighborhood and 4 police officers were injured.[21]

1967 1967 Prattville riot, June 11, Prattville, Alabama, riots following the arrest of Stokely Carmichael arrest. Four people were wounded and 10 arrested.[19]

1967 Tampa riot of 1967, June 11 14, Tampa, Florida[22]

1967 Avondale riots, June 12 15, Cincinnati, Ohio

1967 1967 Maywood riots, June 14, Maywood, Illinois, riots began after young African-American men and women demanded a swimming pool in the historically neglected neighborhood.[19]

1967 1967 Atlanta riots, June 17 20, Atlanta, Georgia

1967 Buffalo riot of 1967, June 27, Buffalo, New York

1967 1967 Waterloo riots, July 8 9, Waterloo, Iowa, riots started after a young African-American man was arrested for assault and battery of an elderly white man sweeping the sidewalk in front of his business.[23]

1967 1967 Kansas City riot, July 9, Kansas City, Missouri, 1 person was injured and 11 arrested.[19]

1967 1967 Newark riots, July 12 17, Newark, New Jersey

1967 1967 Hartford riot, July 14, Hartford, Connecticut[19]

1967 1967 Plainfield riots, July 14 21, Plainfield, New Jersey

1967 1967 Fresno riot, July 15 17, Fresno, California, riots were sparked after the loss of a local youth job program used extensively by African-American and Latino youths. Two people were injured, 27 arrested and 46 cases of arson were reported.[16][24]

1967 Cairo riot, July 17, Cairo, Illinois

1967 1967 New Brunswick riots, July 17 18, New Brunswick, New Jersey, riots began after a group of roughly 200 African-American teenagers protested against unfair treatment in local public schools, unemployment, the closing of a social club and long-term police brutality. Protesters looted stores in the city's business district, specifically targeting those considered to treat black customers unfairly. By 2 AM 32 adults and 18 juveniles, all of them black, had been arrested for looting, possession of stolen property, carrying weapons, and loitering. In response, Mayor Patricia Sheehan declared a 10 PM curfew. On June 18, a crowd of 200 people gathered where 75 heavily armed police officers were barricading a route to the downtown business district. The protesters promised to disperse once the police were removed, and they did.[25]

1967 1967 Minneapolis riot, July 19 24, Minneapolis, Minnesota[19]

1967 1967 Wadesboro riot, July 22, Wadesboro, North Carolina, after a black person was shot and run over by a car, local black residents went on a rock throwing spree.[19]

1967 1967 New York City riot, July 22 25, East Harlem South Bronx, New York City, a riot began in East Harlem after a policeman killed a Puerto Rican he claimed was holding a knife and threatening him. The riot later spread to the South Bronx.[26][27]

1967 1967 Birmingham riot, July 23, Birmingham, Alabama, 11 people were injured and over 70 arrested with the National Guard being called in to assist the police.[19]

1967 1967 Toledo Riot, July 23, Toledo, Ohio[19]

1967 1967 Rochester riots, July 23 24, Rochester, New York a riot began following police shutting down a drag race. One person was killed, 9 injured, 146 arson cases reported and 69 people arrested. The New York State Police and the National Guard would be called up.[16][19]

1967 1967 Lima riots, July 23 26, Lima, Ohio riots began following the killing of a white man by a black man. Two cases of arson were reported and 23 arrests made.[16]

1967 1967 Detroit riot, July 23 29, Detroit, Michigan

1967 Cambridge riot of 1967, July 24, a.k.a. the H. Rap Brown riot, Cambridge, Maryland

1967 1967 Waukegan riots, July 24 25, Waukegan, Illinois[19]

1967 1967 Grand Rapids riot, July 25 27, Grand Rapids, Michigan, a riot began following the Grand Rapids Police raiding and shutting down an illegal bar. As the patrons stood on the street police attempted to arrest a young man for stealing a car. The young man had a broken arm in a cast and the onlookers accused the police of brutality in the arrest. The next night rioters began using Molotov snip tails to burn down businesses and houses. White vigilantes took to the streets to counter the protesters. Gov. George Romney ordered the National Guard to intervene. By the end of the protests there were 44 injuries, no deaths and 30 arrests.[16][28]

1967 1967 Saginaw riot, July 26, Saginaw, Michigan

1967 1967 Albany riot, Albany, New York, July 27 28, riots began in response to a rumor of two deaths at the hands of the police. Forty-one people were arrested and there were 3 arson cases.[16]

1967 1967 Wilmington riots, July 28 30, Wilmington, Delaware, 13 were injured, 14 arson cases and 325 arrests were reported during the riots.[16]

1967 1967 Rockford riots, July 29 30, Rockford, Illinois, 11 people injured and 44 arrested.[19]

1967 Albina Riot of 1967, July 30, Portland, Oregon

1967 Milwaukee riot, July 30, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1967 1967 Riviera Beach riot, July 30 31, Riviera Beach West Palm Beach, Florida[19]

1967 1967 Providence riots, July 31 August 1, 23 people were injured and 14 arrests were made.[19]

1967 1967 New Haven riots, August 19 23, a riot began following a white restaurant owner shooting at a Puerto Rican man who had come at him with a knife. Over 200 Connecticut State Troopers would be called in to assist the city's police department that had 430 officers. Three people were injured, 679 arrested and 90 cases of arson reported.[29]

1967 - 1967 Century City demonstration, anti-war protesters in Los Angeles are beaten by police.[30][31]

1968 Orangeburg Massacre, S.C. State Univ., February 8, Orangeburg, South Carolina

1968 Memphis sanitation strike riot, March 28, Memphis, Tennessee

1968 Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4, Memphis, Tennessee, precipitates all April 4 14 riots, including:

1968 1968 Detroit riot, April 4 5, Detroit, Michigan

1968 1968 New York City riots, April 4 5, New York City, New York

1968 1968 Tallahassee riots, April 4 7, Tallahassee, Florida,[32] One person killed and five injured.[16]

1968 1968 Washington, D.C. riots, April 4 8, Washington, D.C.

1968 1968 Boston riots, April 4 9, Boston, Massachusetts, 34 injuries were reported, 16 cases of arson and 87 arrests.[16]

1968 1968 Charlotte riots, April 4 12, Charlotte, North Carolina, seven injuries were reported; 29 cases of arson and 30 arrests.[16]

1968 1968 Chicago riots, West Side Riots, April 5 7, Chicago, Illinois

1968 1968 Norfolk riots, April 5 10, Norfolk, Virginia[16]

1968 1968 Pittsburgh riots, April 5 11, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1968 1968 Jacksonville riots, April 6 11, Jacksonville, Florida one person killed and 15 injured, with 12 of those caused by police.[16]

1968 Baltimore riot of 1968, April 6 14, Baltimore, Maryland

1968 Avondale riot of 1968, April 8, Cincinnati, Ohio

1968 1968 Kansas City riot, April 9, Kansas City, Missouri

1968 Wilmington Riot of 1968, April 9 10, Wilmington, Delaware

1968 Trenton Riot of 1968, April 9 11, Trenton, New Jersey

1968 Columbia University protests of 1968, April 23, New York City, New York

1968 Louisville riots of 1968, May 27, Louisville, Kentucky

1968 1968 Paterson riots, July 2 7, Paterson, New Jersey riots began following rumors a man was killed by the police while being arrested. One hundred and fifty people were arrested and 86 cases of arson reported.[16]

1968 1968 Coney Islands Riots, July 19 22, Coney Island, New York City, New York, the cause of the riots are unclear. Five police officers were injured and eight people were arrested by the police in a neighborhood that was predominantly black and Puerto Rican.[33][34]

1968 Akron riot, July 17 23, Akron, Ohio

1968 Glenville Shootout, July 23 28, Cleveland, Ohio

1968 1968 Richmond riots. July 25 30, Richmond, California riots broke out after a 15-year-old black male suspect in a car robbery was shot by police. Seventeen arson cases were reported and 564 people arrested.[16][35]

1968 1968 Miami riot, August 7 8, Miami, Florida

1968 1968 Democratic National Convention protests, including the police riots of August 27 28, Chicago, Illinois

1969 Zip to Zap riot, May 9 11, Zap, North Dakota

1969 People's Park Riots, May, Berkeley, California

1969 1969 Greensboro uprising, May 21 25, Greensboro, North Carolina

1969 Cairo disorders, May December, Cairo, Illinois

1969 Stonewall riots, June 28 July 2, New York City, New York

1969 1969 York Race Riot, July 17 24, York, Pennsylvania

1969 Days of Rage, October 8 11, Weathermen riot in Chicago, Illinois

1970 1979

1970 San Francisco Police Department Park Station bombing, February 16, San Francisco, CA

1970 University of Puerto Rico riot, March 4 11, at least one killed, R o Piedras, Puerto Rico

1970 Coachella Riots, April 5, Coachella, California, started after a Brown Beret member disrupted a dance by getting on the stage and calling for action. Three people were arrested, four police officers injured and the mayor's house was burned down.[33][36]

1970 Student strike of 1970, May 1970

1970 Kent State riots/shootings, May 4, 1970, four killed, Kent, Ohio

1970 New Haven Green Disorders, Yale University, May 1970, New Haven, Connecticut

1970 Augusta Riot, May 11 13, Augusta, Georgia

1970 Hard Hat Riot, Wall Street, May 8, New York City

1970 Jackson State killings, May 14 15, two killed, Jackson, Mississippi

1970 Stoneman Meadow Riot, July 4, 1970, Yosemite, California

1970 1970 Asbury Park race riots, July 4 10, Asbury Park, New Jersey

1970 1970 Memorial Park riot, August 24 27, Royal Oak, Michigan

1970 Sterling Hall bombing, Univ. of Wisc., August 24, one killed, Madison, Wisconsin

1970 Chicano Moratorium riot, August 29, Los Angeles, California

1971 Wilmington riot 1971, February 9, Wilmington, North Carolina

1971 May Day protests 1971, May 3, Washington, D.C.

1971 - Newton, MA Draft Board Protest 1971 May 3, - 55 Arrested

1971 - Newton, MA Charges against the 55 Arrested at May 3 Draft Board Protest dismissed by Judge Francis Larkin. Protest action was determined by Court to be Civil Disturbance protected as Free Speech by the First Amendment of US Constitution.

1971 Albuquerque riots, June 13 15, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Albuquerque Police Department arrested several Chicano teens for underage drinking at Albuquerque's Roosevelt Park. Several hundred people in the park for a concert viewed this as motivated by anti-Spanish sentiment, and the next 30 hours would be marked by violent conflict.[37] Police fired their guns and deployed tear gas as the crowd overturned a police car and set an Albuquerque Public Schools administration building on fire, after which APD officers retreated until reinforcement from the New Mexico National Guard arrived. Some 600 people were arrested, dozens injured and approximately $3,000,000 of damage to nearby buildings assessed.[38] The group 'Las Gorras Negras por La Justicia' claimed some involvement.[39]

1971 Colonia riots, July 18 19, Colonia, California 38 people arrested.[33][40]

1971 Camden riots, August 1971, Camden, New Jersey

1971 Santa Fe Fiestas riot, September 7, 1971, Santa Fe, New Mexico, civil disturbances and vandalism during annual Fiestas event. Police fired tear gas into crowd. One hundred National Guardsman were called to protect buildings and keep order.[41] 23 people were arrested.[42]

1971 Attica Prison uprising, September 9 13, at least 39 killed, Attica, New York

1972 Pharr riots, February 6, Pharr, Texas started after police attacked a crowd protesting police brutality and killed one person.[33][43]

1972 April 1972 Santa Paula riots, April 23, Santa Paula, California 35-40 arrests.[33][44]

1972 Gainesville riots, May 12, 1972, Gainesville, Florida, anti-war protesters and police clashed for several hours. One hundred and seventy-four people were arrested and 24 injured.[45]

1972 1972 Boston riots, July 1972, Boston, Massachusetts[46]

1973 Wounded Knee incident, February 27 May 8, Wounded Knee, South Dakota

1973 Shooting of Clifford Glover Riot, April 23, Rioting broke out in South Jamaica, Queens after an undercover police officer shot and killed a 10-year-old African-American youth. New York, New York

1974 SLA Shootout, May 17, Los Angeles, California

1974 Baltimore police strike, July, Baltimore, Maryland

1974 Boston desegregation busing riots: at least 40 riots throughout Boston, Massachusetts from September 1974 through September 1976.

1975 Livernois Fenkell riot, July 1975, Detroit, Michigan

1976 Escambia High School riots, February 5, Pensacola, Florida

1976 Marquette Park unrest, June August, Chicago, Illinois

1977 Humboldt Park riot, June 5 6, Chicago, Illinois

1977 New York City Blackout riot 1977, July 13 14, New York City, New York

1978 Fireman Strike Arson, July 2, 1978, Memphis, TN

1978 Moody Park riot, May 5, 1978, Houston, Texas

1979 Herman Hill riot, April 15, Wichita, Kansas

1979 White Night riots, May 1979, San Francisco, California

1979 Levittown Gas Riot, June 23 24, Thousands rioted in response to increased gasoline prices in the U.S., 198 arrested, 44 police and 200 rioters injured. Gas stations were damaged and cars set on fire, Levittown, Pennsylvania

1979 Greensboro massacre, November 3, Shootout between members of the Communist Workers Party and members of the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party. Greensboro, North Carolina.

1980 1989

1980 New Mexico State Penitentiary riot, February 2 3, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1980 Miami riot 1980, May 17 19, Miami, Florida

1982 1982 Overtown riot, December 28, Miami, Florida

1984 Tower Hill riot, Lawrence, Massachusetts[46]

1985 1985 MOVE bombing, May 13, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1986 Marquette Park KKK rally, June 28, Chicago, Illinois

1987 1987 Tampa riots, Tampa, Florida[47]

1988 Tompkins Square Park riot, August 6 7, New York City

1988 Cedar Grove, Shreveport, Louisiana

1989 1989 Miami riot, January 16 18, four days of rioting in the Overtown neighborhood began after a police officer shot a man driving a motorcycle who was fleeing another officer. He crashed and his passenger was also killed. Miami, Florida

1989 1989 Tampa riot, February 1, Tampa, Florida a riot began following the death of an African American man while in police custody. The disturbance lasted for an hour with 150 youths participating. A grocery store was looted and set on fire. Four police officers, including one involved in the initial arrest, were injured.[48][49]

1990 1999

1990 1990 Wynwood riots, December 3, 1990, Miami, Florida, Started after the acquittal of police officers who had beaten a drug dealer named Leonardo Mercado to death in December 1988.[50]

1991 1991 Washington, DC riot, Mount Pleasant riot, May 5 9, Washington, D.C.

1991 Overtown, Miami, June 28, Riot in the heavily Black section of Overtown against Cuban Americans. Miami, Florida

1991 Crown Heights riot, August 1991, Brooklyn, New York

1992 1992 Los Angeles riots, April May 1992, Los Angeles, California

1992 West Las Vegas riots, April 29, Las Vegas, Nevada

1992 1992 Washington Heights riots, July 4 7, Manhattan, New York, Dominican community

1996 St. Petersburg, Florida Riot 1996, October 1996, St. Petersburg, Florida

1997 North Hollywood shootout, February 1997, Los Angeles, California

1999 Michigan State University student riot, April 1999, East Lansing, Michigan

1999 Woodstock '99 music festival incident, July 1999, Rome, New York

1999 WTO Meeting of 1999, The Battle of Seattle , November 1999, Seattle, Washington

21st century

2000 2009

2000 Eli n Gonz lez affair, Miami, Florida

2000 - Firing of Bob Knight, September 11, 2,000-10,000 Indiana Hoosiers Men's Basketball fans participate in vandalism and protests, Bloomington, Indiana

2000 Puerto Rican Day Parade attacks, June 11, Central Park, New York City

2000 Brooks Brothers riot, November 22, Miami-Dade County, Florida

2001 Seattle Mardi Gras riot, February 27, Seattle, Washington

2001 2001 Cincinnati Riots, April 10 12, Cincinnati, Ohio

2003 Benton Harbor riot, June 2003, Benton Harbor, Michigan

2003 Miami FTAA Protests, November 2003, Miami, Florida

2005 Civil disturbances and military action in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, August September, New Orleans, Louisiana

2005 2005 Toledo riot, October 15, Toledo, Ohio

2006 San Bernardino punk riot, March 4, San Bernardino, California

2007 The Los Angeles May Day m l e, May 1, Los Angeles, California

2009 Riots against BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, January 7, 120 arrested, Oakland, California

2009 Akron riots, March 14, 2009, 7 arrested; and July 2009, unknown number arrested, Akron, Ohio

2009 2009 G20 Pittsburgh summit protests, September 24 25, 193 arrested

2010 2019

2010 Springfest riot, April 10

2010 Santa Cruz May Day riot, May 1

2010 Oakland protest riot, November 5, protesting sentence of former BART officer in shooting of Oscar Grant on New Years Day 2009; see BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant. Oakland, California

2011 Madison Occupation. Protestors storm and occupy the Wisconsin state capitol building for 18 days.

2011 Occupy Wall Street (Brooklyn Bridge protests).

2011 Occupy Oakland Oakland protests riots. October.

2012 Kentucky Wildcats supporters in Lexington, Kentucky[51]

2012 NATO 2012 Chicago Summit, May.

2012 Anaheim police shooting and protests, July 28.

2013 Flatbush Riots, March 11, Riots in Brooklyn, New York after the death of Kimani Gray who was shot and killed by NYPD.

2014 Bundy Standoff, April 5 May,

2014 Ferguson unrest, Ferguson and St. Louis, Missouri, August 10 and November 24. Following the shooting death of Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer

2014 New York, New York, and Berkeley, California.

2014 2014 Oakland riots, November December,

2015 2015 Baltimore protests, April 25 28 following the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody.

2016 Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, January February, One killed and several dozen arrested at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon.

2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, March 11.

2016 Democracy Spring rally in April. March to Washington D.C. and sit-ins lead to arrests.

2016 2016 Sacramento riot, June 26, A confrontation between white nationalists and left-wing counter protesters at the California State Capitol.

2016 Widespread protests erupt in response to two deaths at the hands of police, the Shooting of Alton Sterling and shooting of Philando Castile. New York City, Chicago, St. Paul, Baton Rouge, and other cities.

2016 Milwaukee riots, Sherman Park, August 13 15. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sparked by the fatal police shooting of 23-year-old Sylville Smith.

2016 Charlotte riot, September 20 21, Protests and riots break out in response to the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by a Charlotte police officer.

2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests, 411 protesters arrested.

2016 Anti-Trump protests, November 9 2

2017 2017 Women's March, January 21.

2017 Berkeley, California, February 1, civil unrest ensued at UC Berkeley

2017 Anaheim, California protests, February 21, protesters demonstrated after a police officer grabbed a 13-year-old boy and fired a single shot.

2017 May Day, in Olympia, Washington and Portland, Oregon, protestors demonstrated for workers rights.

2017 Unite the Right rally, Charlottesville, Virginia, August 11 12, opposition to the removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee

2018 March for Our Lives, March 24, Student-led protests calling for gun control.

2019 Memphis riot, June 13, following the fatal shooting of Brandon Webber by U.S. Marshals, Memphis, TN.

2020 present

2020 New York City FTP protests, January 31, Anti-Transit Police and MTA protest

2020 University of Dayton closure riot, March 11, A riot broke out following the university's announcement of a temporary closure due to COVID-19.[52]

Protesters surround a police precinct in Minneapolis during the George Floyd protests, part of a larger wave of civil unrest in 2020 and 2021.

2020 George Floyd protests, May 26

2020 Kenosha unrest, August 23 28, Kenosha, Wisconsin

2020 Minneapolis false rumors riot

2020 Jewish Protest, October 7 8, In Brooklyn, New York, members of the Orthodox Jewish community protested over new COVID-19 restrictions. Minor fires were set, masks were burned, and journalist Jacob Kornbluh was attacked.[53]

2020 Philadelphia riot, October 26 November 4, Caused by the Killing of Walter Wallace by Philadelphia police.

2020 2020 21 United States election protests, November 3 March 2021

2021 January 6 United States Capitol attack

2021 Daunte Wright protests, April 11 February 18, 2022

2021 May 9 June 2021, amid the 2021 Israel Palestine crisis, the United States saw a rise in antisemitism, Anti-Arab racism and violence, as both pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters took to the streets of major U.S. cities.[54]

2021 2021 Uptown Minneapolis unrest, June 3 7

2022 - United States abortion protests (2022-present)

2021-2023 Stop Cop City

August 4, 2023 Union Square riot

September 26 27, 2023 - Philadelphia experienced two nights of mass looting across the city.[55]

2023-present Gaza war protests in the United States

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