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31Chicago Race Riot of 1919 — Most severe of about 25 race riots throughout the U.S. in the summer after World War I. Racial friction was intensified by the migration of African Americans to the North. On Chicago s South Side, the African American population had increased in… …
32Detroit Race Riot, 1943 — One of the major centers of war production during World War II, Detroit, Michigan, attracted an influx of more than 500,000 people, of whom some 60,000 were African American. This rapid increase in population put a huge strain on housing and… …
33Harlem Race Riot, 1935 — Harlem, in New York City, is an area a few blocks north of 125th Street bounded by Seventh Avenue and Lenox Avenue that became the center of the city’s African American population from the early 1900s onward. In 1914, the black population was… …
34Agana race riot — The Agana race riot took place in Agana, Guam on December 24 December 25, 1944. Guam was inhabited by a group of black enlisted men from the 25th Depot Company of the United States Navy, who served at Guam s naval supply depot and white enlisted… …
35Beaumont Race Riot of 1943 — The 1943 race riots in Beaumont, Texas, were a series of racially targeted violence during the summer months of 1943. In 1942, a worsening of socioeconomic conditions nationally aggravated interracial tensions. Racial animosity and friction… …
36New Orleans Race Riot — ▪ United States history (July 1866), after the American Civil War, incident of white violence directed against black urban dwellers in Louisiana; the event was influential in focusing public opinion in the North on the necessity of taking… …
37Harlem Race Riot, 1943 — Following an incident involving an African American soldier and a white police officer in which the soldier was shot and wounded, rioting broke out among the black community in Harlem the black ghetto in New York City on 1 August 1943. Angered …
38Springfield Race Riot — ▪ United States history (August 1908), in U.S. history, brutal two day assault by several thousand white citizens on the black community of Springfield, Ill. Triggered by the transfer of a black prisoner charged with rape (an accusation… …
39Rochester 1964 race riot — In the early evening of Friday, July 24, 1964, in Rochester, NY, the Rochester Police Department attempted to arrest a 19 year old intoxicated black male at a street block party and dance. [Mangione, Jerre. Mount Allegro A Memoir of Italian… …
40East Saint Louis Race Riot of 1917 — ▪ United States history (July 2), bloody outbreak of violence in East St. Louis, Ill., stemming specifically from the employment of black workers in a factory holding government contracts. It was the worst of many incidents of racial… …
