Just as police brutality sparked the Watts riots, masked abductions by ICE agents and militarized raids sparked the recent ones in LA. That doesn’t excuse violence, but it’s not an unexpected end ...

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 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.

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 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.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum (AAHM) is currently being renovated, but once it re-opens the museum will launch it's new 1908 Race ...

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.

In the winter of 1845-1846, a clash between abolitionists and pro-slavery antagonists prompted a mob attack on Lafayette’s Black community. Nearly 200 African Americans lived in homes scattered ...

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 ...