Examples of race riots in the following topics:
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- The early 1900s marked the low point in 20th-century race relations between white Americans and
African Americans.
- In 1919, there were riots in several major
cities, resulting in the so-called Red Summer.
- The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
erupted into mob violence that lasted several days, leaving 15 white people and 23 black people dead.
- The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma was even more deadly, with
white mobs invading and burning the city’s Greenwood district.
- A white gang looking for African Americans during the Chicago Race Riot of 1919.
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- The Chicago Race Riot was the worst
example of the mob violence that swept the country.
- Unlike
earlier race riots in U.S. history, the 1919 events were among the first in
which blacks widely resisted white attacks.
- A white gang looking for African Americans during the Chicago Race Riot of 1919.
- This inflammatory newspaper headline appeared during the Elaine Race Riot of 1919.
- Identify the causes and effects of the race riots of 1919
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- Combined with a major
recession, labor strikes and social upheaval including race riots, the postwar
period was a difficult time for the nation.
- The Red Summer is a
term for the race riots of the summer and early autumn of 1919.
- The Chicago Race Riot that began on July 27, 1919, was the worst
example of the mob violence that swept the country.
- In the autumn of 1919, the so-called Haynes Report identified 38
separate riots in widely scattered cities, in which whites attacked blacks.
- A white gang searching for African-Americans during the Chicago race riots of 1919.
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- After World War I, the U.S. faced hard economic times and
problems over labor, race and reintegration of veterans.
- Combined with a major recession, labor strikes and social upheaval
including race riots, this became a difficult time for the nation.
- Discuss the causes of the post-war economic recession, and its effects on race relations and organized labor.
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- While individuals may attempt to lead or control a riot, riots are typically chaotic and exhibit herd-like behavior.
- Riots often occur in reaction to a perceived grievance or out of dissent.
- Historically, riots have occurred due to poor working or living conditions, government oppression, taxation or conscription, conflicts between races or religions, the outcome of a sporting event, or frustration with legal channels through which to air grievances.
- Riots typically involve vandalism and the destruction of private and public property.
- The specific property to be targeted varies depending on the cause of the riot and the inclinations of those involved.
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- Violent crowd behavior without a specific goal is a riot.
- Because riots do not have a specific end, it is assumed that their intention is to express general dissatisfaction.
- Much crowd behavior, however, is actually the result of rational fear (e.g., being trapped in a burning theater) or a rational sense of injustice (e.g., the Cincinnati race riots).
- In other words, if a crowd becomes violent (a mob or riot), convergence theory would argue that this is not because the crowd encouraged violence but rather because people who wanted to become violent came together in the crowd.
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- In recent months, the nation had endured the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and subsequent race riots across the nation, the assassination of presidential candidate Robert F.
- His death altered the dynamics of the Democratic race.
- The antiwar riots divided the Democratic Party's base.
- One central theme of the campaign was the issue of urban unrest, piqued by the riots which had hit American cities since 1965, with the most recent wave prompted by Dr.
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- Despite the urging of political and community leaders, the assassination incited a wave of riots in more than 100 cities.
- On the night of his assassination, he had won a major victory in the California primary and seemed to have clinched a two-man race with Hubert Humphrey.
- Kennedy's assassination altered the dynamics of the Democratic race.
- Broadcast on live television, the antiwar riots divided the Democratic Party's base.
- Piqued by the race riots following Dr.
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- While individuals may attempt to lead or control a riot, riots are typically chaotic and exhibit herd-like behavior.
- Riots often occur in reaction to a perceived grievance or out of dissent.
- Historically, riots have occurred due to poor working or living conditions, government oppression, taxation or conscription, conflicts between races or religions, the outcome of a sporting event, or frustration with legal channels through which to air grievances.
- Riots typically involve vandalism and the destruction of private and public property.
- Riots, while destructive, have often played a role in social change.
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- Woodrow Wilson's policy of military segregation led to conflict, rioting, and the brutal sentencing of the all-black Twenty-Fourth U.S.
- Du Bois had supported Wilson in the 1916 presidential campaign and in 1918 was offered an Army commission in charge of dealing with race relations—Du Bois accepted, but he failed his Army physical and did not serve.
- This led to clashes with local authorities, including an incident in which police beat a black soldier and set off a nighttime riot by 156 African-American troops resulting in the shooting deaths of two soldiers, four police officers, and nine civilians.
- A police officer and a soldier died later from wounds sustained in the riot, while another soldier died from injuries he received during his capture the next day.