List of race riots

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This is a list of race riots by country.

Contents

[edit] Australia

[edit] Belgium

[edit] Brazil

[edit] Bulgaria

[edit] Canada

[edit] China

[edit] France

[edit] Indonesia

[edit] Italy

  • Milan (2006) - Milan Chinese riot[5][6]

[edit] Ivory Coast

  • Abidjan, Ivory Coast (2004) - Anti-white riots[7][8]

[edit] Malaysia

[edit] Mauritania

[edit] Netherlands

  • Utrecht (2007) - Utrecht Riots[10]
  • Amsterdam (2007) - Moroccan-Dutch youth riot[11]

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] Rhodesia

  • Kananga (1925) - Kananga Riot of 1925

[edit] Russia


[edit] Singapore

[edit] South Africa

  • Port Elizabeth, South Africa (2007) - Anti-Somali riot[12]

[edit] Spain

  • Almeria (2000) - Spain's race riots[13]
  • Madrid (2007) - Madrid Riots[14]

[edit] Sri Lanka

  • Anti Muslim riots (1915) - Nation wide
  • Anti Tamil riots (1958) - Nation wide
  • Anti Tamil riots (1977) - Nation wide
  • Anti Tamil riots (1981) - Jaffna
  • Anti Tamil riots (1983) - Nation wide - Also known as Black July
  • Anti Tamil riots (2001) - Mawanella
  • Anti Tamil riots (2006) - Trincomalee
  • Anti Tamil riots (2006) - Galle

[edit] Tanzania

  • Zanzibar (1964) - The Zanzibar Revolution of January 12, 1964 put an end to the local Arab dynasty. Thousands of Arabs were massacred in riots, and thousands more were detained or fled the island[15][16]

[edit] Turkey

[edit] United Kingdom

See also Rivers of Blood

[edit] United States

Main article: Mass racial violence in the United States
Further information: Timeline of riots and civil unrest in Omaha, Nebraska

[edit] Nativist Period 1700's-1860

  • 1824: Providence, Rhode Island Hardscrabble Riots
  • 1829: Cincinnati, Ohio Rioting against African-Americans results in thousands leaving for Canada.
  • 1829: Charlestown Anti-Catholic Riots
  • 1831: Providence, Rhode Island
  • 1834: Massachusetts Convent Burning
  • 1835: Five Points Riot
  • 1836: Cincinnati, Ohio A pro-slavery riot took place
  • 1841: Cincinnati, Ohio White Irish-descendant and Irish immigrant dock workers rioted against Black dock workers. When the Black dock workers banded together to defend their community from the approaching Whites, the White rioters retreated and then commandeered a 6-pound cannon and shot it through the streets of Cincinnati.
  • 1844: Philadelphia Anti-Catholic Riots (May 6-8/July 5-8)
  • 1851: Hoboken Anti-German Riot
  • 1855: Louisville Anti-German Riots

[edit] Civil War Period 1861-1865

[edit] Reconstruction Period: 1865 - 1877

  • 1866: New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1866: Memphis, Tennessee
  • 1868: Pulaski, Tennessee
  • 1868: Opelousas, Louisiana
  • 1868: Camilla, Georgia
  • 1870: Meridian, Mississippi
  • 1870: Eutaw, Alabama
  • 1870: Laurens, South Carolina
  • 1870: New York City Orange Riot
  • 1871: Second New York City Orange Riot
  • 1871: Los Angeles Anti-Chinese Riot
  • 1891: New Orleans Anti-Italian Riot
  • 1873: Colfax, Louisiana
  • 1874: Vicksburg, Mississippi
  • 1874: New Orleans, Louisiana {Liberty place riot}
  • 1874: Coushatta, Louisiana
  • 1875: Yazoo City, Mississippi
  • 1875: Clinton, Mississippi
  • 1876: Hamburg, South Carolina
  • 1876: Ellenton, South Carolina

[edit] Jim Crow Period: 1878 - 1914

[edit] War and Inter-War Period: 1914 - 1945

[edit] Postwar era: 1946 - 1954

[edit] Civil Rights and Black Power Movement's Period: 1955 - 1977

[edit] Modern

  • 1980: Miami Riots
  • 1980: Chattanooga Riot
  • 1990: Inglewood High School riot: A riot that broke out in front of the school between 30 Latino and Blacks after the black students leave the Cinco de Mayo day as revenge for running out on Black History Day.
  • 1991: Crown Heights Riot
  • 1992: Los Angeles Riots: In a reaction to the acquittal of all LA police officers involved in the videotaped beating of Rodney King; riots broke out mainly involving Black youth in the Black neighborhoods.
  • 1996: St. Petersburg Riots: After Officer Jim Knight stopped 18 yr. old Tyron Lewis for speeding, his car lurched forward causing Knight to fire his weapon, fatally wounding the black teenager. Riots broke out and lasted for about 2 days.
  • 2001: Cincinnati Riots: In a reaction to the acquittal of Steven Roach after the fatal shooting of an unarmed young Black male, Timothy Thomas, during a foot pursuit, riots broke out over the span of a few days.
  • 2003: Benton Harbor Riot
  • 2005: 2005 Toledo Riot: A race riot that broke out after the Neo Nazi protest marched through a black neighborhood.
  • 2006: Fontana High School Riot: Riot involving about 500 Latino and black students[28]
  • 2006: Prison Race Riots: A war between Latino and black prison gangs set off a series of riots across California[29][30]

[edit] Uzbekistan

[edit] Zambia

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rebelions in Bahia
  2. ^ Roma riots stir unease in Bulgaria
  3. ^ Xinjiang, China's Restive Northwest
  4. ^ 'Race killing' sparks French riot
  5. ^ Milan police in Chinatown clash
  6. ^ Milan Chinese riot over traffic fine
  7. ^ Rwanda Syndrome on the Ivory Coast
  8. ^ France's 'Little Iraq'
  9. ^ Timeline: Mauritania
  10. ^ Ethnic Riots after Dutchman is Killed by Police
  11. ^ Moroccan-Dutch youth riot in Amsterdam following fatal incident
  12. ^ 27 held after anti-Somali riot: South Africa
  13. ^ Spain struggles with race riots
  14. ^ Spanish youth clash with immigrant gangs
  15. ^ Country Histories - Empire's Children
  16. ^ Heartman, Adam (2006-09-26). A Homemade Genocide. Who's Fault Is It?.
  17. ^ Race clashes hit Windsor
  18. ^ The Press Newspaper - The Intelligent Weekly
  19. ^ No deaths were reported, but all Chinese and most other Asians were expelled from Seattle and Tacoma. Schwantes, Carlos A. "Protest in a Promised Land: Unemployment, Disinheritance, and the Origin of Labor Militancy in the Pacific Northwest, 1885-1886." Western Historical Quarterly. 13:4 (October 1982).
  20. ^ Thirty African Americans died. Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979.
  21. ^ Ten African Americans and two Caucasians died. Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979.
  22. ^ Two African Americans and four Caucasians died. Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979; Roberta Senechal, "Springfield Race Riot of 1908," Illinois History Teacher, Summer/Fall 1996.
  23. ^ According to federal, state and local government investigators, only 39 African Americans died. But civilian investigations shortly after the riot indicate that between 100 and 200 African Americans died. The riot was notable for its brutality, including scalping, gouging out of eyes, and children acting as murderers. Elliott M. Rudwick, Race Riot at East St. Louis, Southern Illinois University Press, 1964.
  24. ^ Twenty-three African Americans and 15 Caucasians died. Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979.
  25. ^ Officially, only 39 African Americans died. But more recent estimates are that between 150 an 200 African Americans and 50 Caucasians died, and some sources put the number of black dead at 300. James S. Hirsch, Riot and Remembrance: America's Worst Race Riot and Its Legacy, Mariner Books, 2003. ISBN 0618340769; Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979.
  26. ^ Officially, six African Americans and two Caucasians died. However, there is disagreement about the number of dead, and some estimates place the number of black dead between 40 and 150. Michael D'Orso, Like Judgment Day: The Ruin and Redemption of a Town Called Rosewood, Putnam Books, 1996. ISBN 1572972564.
  27. ^ Twenty-five African Americans and nine Caucasians died. Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979.
  28. ^ San Bernardino County Sun - Fontana students blame riot on simmering racial tension
  29. ^ More Injuries as Race Riots Disrupt Jails in Los Angeles
  30. ^ Race riot put down at California state prison
  31. ^ Focus on Mesketian Turks
  32. ^ Why China Is Trying To Colonize Africa