The Harlem riot of 1935 has been called “the first modern race riot” not because it was African-Americans rising up against the racist power structure within their city, but because it was ...

Nearly 50 years ago, the arrest of an African-American motorist led to a violent release of pent up anger and frustration in Los Angeles that has became known as the Watts Riots. The anger and ...

Citizens have every right to question federal leaders. If the administration were trying to calm down the situation, then ...

But he stressed that teaching the Zoot Suit Riots as a multicultural affair “reminds us about the interconnection between Mexican American history and African American history.

This riot happened between the evening of May 31 and early morning of June 1, 2020. ... "When I was growing up, 5th St. was a big corridor for African American businesses, ...

The Colored Orphan Asylum is under siege. A cauldron of resentment, anti-authority, and racial tensions rise as the city ...

The HOUGH RIOTS, 18-24 July 1966, were a spontaneous outbreak of civil disorder which encompassed a spectrum ranging from angry protest to vandalism, looting, and arson.A number of observers believed ...

The riots of 1964 tore off Rochester's complacency, but at a cost. ... "Young African-Americans in the North were much less willing to listen to the message of Dr. King.

But the roots of 2020’s events go far deeper into the last hundred years of American history, which were punctuated by race riots, massacres, and clashes between the police and African Americans.

The riots caused more than $400,000 in property damage and prompted 6,000 African Americans—more than half of East St. Louis’s African American population—to flee the city.

The Commissioner of Education's African American History Task Force is directed to examine ways in which the history of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots will be included in instruction on African ...

Discover the untold stories of African American bravery in WWII, ... Anti-Black riots erupted across the country, and the Ku Klux Klan’s membership swelled to over three million.