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List of Race Riots in the United States

Collection, Education, New York, Teachers Guide

November 16, 2011

By: Pure History

Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_race_riots”

Main article: Mass racial violence in the United States

Further information: List of riots and civil unrest in Omaha, Nebraska

Nativist Period 1700’s-1860

Civil War Period 1861-1865

Reconstruction Period: 1865 – 1877

Jim Crow Period: 1878 – 1914

War and Inter-War Period: 1914 – 1945

Postwar era: 1946 – 1954

Civil Rights and Black Power Movement’s Period: 1955 – 1977

Modern

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  37. ^ Thirty African Americans died. Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979.
  38. ^ 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.
  39. ^ 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.
  40. ^ 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 act as murderers. Elliott M. Rudwick, Race Riot at East St. Louis, Southern Illinois University Press, 1964.
  41. ^ 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.
  42. ^ Officially, only 39 African Americans died. But more recent estimates are that between 150 and 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 0-618-34076-9; Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979.
  43. ^ 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 1-57297-256-4.
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  48. ^ More Injuries as Race Riots Disrupt Jails in Los Angeles
  49. ^ Race riot put down at California state prison
  50. ^ Locke High School locked down after huge brawl, Los Angeles Times
  51. ^ Hempstead High On Guard Following 2 Days Of Brawls, wcbstv.com, October 21, 2008
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