Listed are major episodes of civil unrest in the United States. This list does not include the numerous incidents of destruction and violence associated with various sporting events.

18th century

*1783 –

Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783 The Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783 (also known as the Philadelphia Mutiny) was an anti-government protest by nearly 400 soldiers of the Continental Army in June 1783. The mutiny, and the refusal of the Executive Council of Pennsylvania to stop i ...

, June 20. Anti-government protest by soldiers of the

Continental Army The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies (the Thirteen Colonies) in the Revolutionary-era United States. It was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, and was establis ...

against the

Congress of the Confederation The Congress of the Confederation, or the Confederation Congress, formally referred to as the United States in Congress Assembled, was the governing body of the United States of America during the Confederation period, March 1, 1781 – Mar ...

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

* 1786 –

Shays' Rebellion Shays Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades. The ...

, August 29, 1786 – February 3, 1787, Western Massachusetts * 1786 –

Paper Money Riot The Paper Money Riot, or Exeter Rebellion, was an armed uprising in Exeter, New Hampshire, on September 20, 1786. Following the American Revolution, the nation, states, and many individuals were deeply in debt. The lack of specie and paper curren ...

, September 20,

Exeter, New Hampshire Exeter is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 16,049 at the 2020 census, up from 14,306 at the 2010 census. Exeter was the county seat until 1997, when county offices were moved to neighboring Brentwood. ...

* 1788 – Doctors Mob Riot, New York City * 1791–1794 –

Whiskey Rebellion The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax impo ...

, Western

(anti-excise tax on whiskey) * 1799 –

Fries's Rebellion Fries's Rebellion (), also called House Tax Rebellion, the Home Tax Rebellion and, in Pennsylvania German, the Heesses-Wasser Uffschtand, was an armed tax revolt among Pennsylvania Dutch farmers between 1799 and 1800. It was the third of three t ...

, 1799–1800, Tax revolt by

Pennsylvania Dutch The Pennsylvania Dutch ( Pennsylvania Dutch: ), also known as Pennsylvania Germans, are a cultural group formed by German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. They emigrated primarily from German-spe ...

farmers,

19th century

1800–1849

* 1812 – Baltimore riots, these took place shortly before the War of 1812 * 1824 –

Hard Scrabble and Snow Town Hard Scrabble (Addison Hollow) and Snow Town were two African American neighborhoods located in Providence, Rhode Island in the nineteenth century. They were also the sites of race riots in which working-class whites destroyed multiple black hom ...

Riots, 1824 & 1831 respectively, Providence, RI * 1829 –

Cincinnati riots of 1829 The Cincinnati race riots of 1829 were triggered by competition for jobs between Irish immigrants and native blacks and former slaves, in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States but also were related to white fears given the rapid increases of free and fu ...

, August 15–22,

Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

* 1831 –

Nat Turner's slave rebellion Nat Turner's Rebellion, historically known as the Southampton Insurrection, was a rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831.Schwarz, Frederic D.1831 Nat Turner's Rebellion" ''American Heri ...

, August 21–23, Southampton County, Virginia * 1834 – Anti-abolitionist riot, New York City * 1834 – Attack on Canterbury Female Boarding School, Canterbury, Connecticut * 1835 – Baltimore bank riot, August 6–9 * 1835 – Gentleman's Riot, numerous riots throughout 1835 targeting abolitionists, Boston, Massachusetts * 1835 –

Snow Riot The Snow Riot was a riot and lynch mob in Washington, D.C., which began on August 11, 1835, when a mob of angry white mechanics attacked and destroyed Beverly Snow's Epicurean Eating House, a restaurant owned by a black man. This violence, born of ...

, Washington D.C. * 1835 – Destruction of Noyes Academy,

Canaan, New Hampshire Canaan is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,794 at the 2020 census. It is the location of Mascoma State Forest. Canaan is home to the Cardigan Mountain School, the town's largest employer. The main vi ...

* 1835–1836 – Toledo War, a boundary dispute between states of

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

and Ohio * 1836 – Cincinnati Riots of 1836,

* 1837 – Flour Riots, New York City * 1837 – Murder of Elijah Lovejoy * 1838 – Burning of Pennsylvania Hall * 1839 –

Honey War The Honey War was a bloodless territorial dispute in 1839 between Iowa Territory and Missouri over their border. The dispute over a strip running the entire length of the border, caused by unclear wording in the Missouri Constitution on bounda ...

, Iowa- Missouri border * 1839 – Anti-Rent War, Hudson Valley,

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

* 1841 – Dorr Rebellion, Rhode Island * 1841 –

Cincinnati Riots of 1841 The Cincinnati riots of 1841 occurred after a long drought had created widespread unemployment in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Over a period of several days in September 1841, unemployed whites attacked black residents who defended themselves. ...

, early September,

* 1842 –

Lombard Street Riot The Lombard Street riot was a three-day race riot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1842.Gregory, Kia. ''Philadelphia Weekly''Monumental Achievement December 7, 2005; accessed April 30, 2008.Newlin, Heather"The Calm After the Storm", phillyhistor ...

, (a.k.a. the Abolition Riots), August 1, Philadelphia * 1842 –

Muncy Abolition riot of 1842 The Muncy Abolition riot of 1842 occurred in April 1842 in Muncy, Pennsylvania, Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The riot started as an attack on a one room school, schoolhouse where an Abolit ...

* 1844 –

Philadelphia Nativist Riots The Philadelphia nativist riots (also known as the Philadelphia Prayer Riots, the Bible Riots and the Native American Riots) were a series of riots that took place on May 68 and July 67, 1844, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and the ...

, May 6–8, July 6–7, Philadelphia (anti-Catholic) * 1845 – Milwaukee Bridge War * 1849 – Astor Place riot, May 10, New York City, (anti-British)

1850–1859

* 1851 – Christiana Riot,

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Lancaster County (; Pennsylvania Dutch: Lengeschder Kaundi), sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the south central part of Pennsylvania. ...

* 1853 –

Cincinnati Riot of 1853 The Cincinnati riot of 1853 was triggered by the visit of then-Archbishop (later, Cardinal) Gaetano Bedini, the emissary of Pope Pius IX, to Cincinnati, Ohio, on 21 December 1853. The German Liberal population of the city, many of whom had come ...

* 1855 – Cincinnati riots of 1855 * 1855 – Lager Beer Riot, April 21, Chicago, Illinois * 1855 – Portland Rum Riot, June 2, Portland, Maine * 1855 – Bloody Monday, Know-Nothing Party riot, August 6, Louisville, Kentucky (anti-immigration) * 1855 – Detroit brothel riots, 1855–1859, Detroit, MichiganDetroit Free Press' "The Detroit Almanac", 2001 * 1856 – Sacking of Lawrence, Kansas, May 21, 1856, when proslavery settlers, led by Douglas County Sheriff

Samuel J. Jones Samuel Jefferson Jones (April 16, 1827 December 10, 1883) was a pro-slavery settler who held the position of Douglas County, Kansas, Douglas County sheriff in Kansas Territory from late 1855 until early 1857. He helped found the territorial ca ...

, attacked and ransacked

Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence is the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. It is in the northeastern sector of the state, astride Interstate 70, between the Kansas River, Kansas and Waka ...

, founded by antislavery settlers from Massachusetts hoping to make Kansas a free state. The incident fueled the irregular conflict in

Kansas Territory The Territory of Kansas was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the United States, Union as the Slave and ...

that later became known as Bleeding Kansas. * 1856 – Battle of Seattle (1856), Jan 26, Attack by Native American tribesmen upon Seattle, Washington. * 1856 – Pottawatomie massacre, May 24, Franklin County, Kansas * 1856 – Know-Nothing Riot of 1856,

Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was ...

* 1856 – San Francisco Vigilance Movement, San Francisco, California * 1857 –

Know-Nothing Riot The term Know-Nothing Riot has been used to refer to a number of political uprisings of the Nativist American Know Nothing Party in the United States of America during the mid-19th century. These anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic protests culminate ...

, June 1, Washington D.C. (anti-immigration) * 1857 –

New York City Police Riot The New York City Police Riot of 1857, known at the time as the Great Police Riot, was a conflict which occurred in front of New York City Hall between the recently-dissolved New York Municipal Police and the newly-formed Metropolitan Police on ...

, June 16, New York City * 1857 –

Dead Rabbits Riot The Dead Rabbits riot was a two-day civil disturbance in New York City evolving from what was originally a small-scale street fight between members of the Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys into a citywide gang war, which occurred July 4–5, 1 ...

, July 4–5, New York City * 1858 –

1858, New Orleans, Louisiana * 1859 –

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

, October 16, Harpers Ferry, Virginia

1860–1869

* 1861–1865: American Civil War, April 12 – 9, United States *1861 – Baltimore Riot of 1861, April 19, (a.k.a. the Pratt Street Riot),

* 1861 – Camp Jackson Affair, May 10, Union forces clash with Confederate sympathizers on the streets of St. Louis, 28 dead, 100 injured., St. Louis, Missouri * 1862 –

Buffalo riot of 1862 The Buffalo Riot of 1862 was a civil disturbance on the afternoon of August 12, 1862 by Irish and German stevedores against local dock bosses. The rioters demanded increased pay and prevented others from working at the old rates. They initially ov ...

, August 12, Buffalo, New York * 1863 – Detroit race riot of 1863, March 6 * 1863 – Southern bread riots, April 2, Riots which broke out in the South during the Civil War due to food shortages throughout the Confederate States of America * 1863 –

Battle of Fort Fizzle The "Battle of Fort Fizzle" (also called the Holmes County Draft Riots and the Holmes County Rebellion) was a skirmish fought on June 17, 1863, which took place during the American Civil War in the village of Glenmont (then known as Napoleon) i ...

, June, also known as the Holmes County Draft Riots, active resistance to the draft during the Civil War, Holmes County, Ohio * 1863 – New York City draft riots, July 13–16, (anti-draft) * 1864 – Charleston Riot, March 28, Charleston, Illinois * 1865 – April 1-3, 1865 Burning of Richmond The endgame of the Civil War * 1866 – Memphis Riots of 1866, May 1–3, Race riot that broke out during Reconstruction, Memphis, Tennessee * 1866 – New Orleans riot, July 30, New Orleans, Louisiana * 1867 – 1867 Franklin riot, July 10, Franklin, Tennessee * 1867 – 1867 Rogersville riot, July 26, Rogersville, Tennessee * 1868 – Pulaski Riot, Pulaski, Tennessee

1870–1879

* 1870 – First New York City Orange riot, Irish Catholics v s Irish Protestants * 1870 – Kirk-Holden war, July–November, Caswell and Alamance counties North Carolina * 1870 –

Mamaroneck Riot The Mamaroneck riot was an armed clash between Irish and Italian-American laborers at Grand Park, Mamaroneck, Westchester County, New York, on August 13, 1870, resulting in the deaths of several men. One of the early labor riot A riot is a ...

, labor riot between Italian and Irish laborers * 1870 – Eutaw Riot, Eutaw, Alabama, Ku Klux Klan attacked a Republican rally * 1871 – Second New York City Orange riot * 1871 – Meridian race riot of 1871, March,

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* 1871 – Los Angeles anti-Chinese riot, Los Angeles, California * 1873 – Colfax massacre, April 13, Colfax, Louisiana * 1874 – Coushatta massacre, August, An attack by the White League on Republican officeholders and freedmen, Coushatta, Louisiana * 1874 –

Election Riot of 1874 The Election Massacre of 1874, or Coup of 1874, took place on election day, November 3, 1874, near Eufaula, Alabama in Barbour County. Freedmen comprised a majority of the population and had been electing Republican candidates to office. Member ...

, Barbour County, Alabama * 1874 – Tompkins Square Riot, New York City * 1874 –

Battle of Liberty Place The Battle of Liberty Place, or Battle of Canal Street, was an attempted insurrection and coup d'etat by the Crescent City White League against the Reconstruction Era Louisiana Republican state government on September 14, 1874, in New Orleans ...

, New Orléans, Louisiana * 1876 –

South Carolina civil disturbances of 1876 The South Carolina civil disturbances of 1876 were a series of race riots and civil unrest related to the Democratic Party's political campaign to take back control from Republicans of the state legislature and governor's office through thei ...

, South Carolina * 1877 – Widespread rioting occurred across the US as part of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877: ** Baltimore railroad strike in

Chicago railroad strike of 1877 The Chicago railroad strike of 1877 was a series of work stoppages and civil unrest in Chicago, Illinois, which occurred as part of the larger national strikes and rioting of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. Meetings of working men in Chicago ...

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** Philadelphia Railroad Strike, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ** Pittsburgh Railway Riots, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ** Reading Railroad massacre,

Reading, Pennsylvania Reading ( ; Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Reddin'') is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city had a population of 95,112 as of the 2020 census and is the fourth-largest city in Pennsylvania after Philade ...

** Saint Louis general strike, July, East St. Louis, Illinois ** Scranton General Strike, in Scranton, Pennsylvania ** Shamokin uprising, Shamokin, Pennsylvania * 1877 – San Francisco Riot of 1877

1880–1889

* 1880 –

1880 Garret Mountain May Day riot The 1880 Garret Rock May Day riot or 1880 Garret Mountain May Day riot was a civil disorder event in New Jersey that harshly protested Oligarchy, oligarchical power. Riot For many years Paterson, New Jersey’s mostly Catholic Church, Catholic Ger ...

, May 1,

Paterson, New Jersey Paterson ( ) is the largest City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Greenwood, New York, insurrection of 1882 * 1884 – Cincinnati riots of 1884, March 28–30,

* 1885 – Rock Springs massacre, September 2, 1885, white miners attack Chinese miners; 28 killed, 15 injured, Rock Springs, Wyoming * 1886 – Seattle riot of 1886, February 6–9, Seattle, Washington * 1886 – Haymarket riot, May 4, Chicago, Illinois * 1886 – Bay View Massacre, May 4; 1400 workers march for eight hour work day; 7 killed and several more wounded after confrontation with National Guard. Milwaukee, Wisconsin * 1887 –

Reservoir war The Reservoir War was a minor insurrection in Paulding County, Ohio, United States in 1887. Background Just east of Antwerp, Ohio was the ''Six Mile Reservoir'' of the Wabash and Erie Canal. The reservoir, about 2000 acres (8 km2) in size, ...

, April 25; a minor insurrection against the State of Ohio to destroy a canal feeder reservoir and other canal infrastructure. Antwerp, Ohio * 1887 – Thibodaux Massacre, November 22–25; a racial attack mounted by white paramilitary groups in Thibodaux, Louisiana in November 1887 Thibodaux, Louisiana * 1888 – Jaybird-Woodpecker War, 1888–90, two factions of Democratic Party fight for control, Fort Bend County, Texas * 1889 – 1889 Forrest City riot, May 18, Forrest City, Arkansas * 1889 –

1889 Jesup riot Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in th ...

, December 25, Jesup, Georgia

1890–1899

* 1891 – Hennessy Affair, New Orleans, Louisiana * 1892 – Homestead strike, July 6, 1892, Homestead, Pennsylvania * 1892–1893 –

Mitcham War The Mitcham War was a bloody conflict that occurred in Clarke County, Alabama in the early 1890s. The conflict was between rural farmers in remote section of Clarke County named Mitcham Beat and merchants in Coffeeville and other towns near the ...

, Clarke County, Alabama * 1894 –

May Day riots of 1894 The May Day riots of 1894 were a series of violent demonstrations that occurred throughout Cleveland, Ohio on May 1, 1894 (May Day). Cleveland's unemployment rate increased dramatically during the Panic of 1893. Finally, riots broke out among th ...

, May 1,

Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

* 1894 –

American Railway Union The American Railway Union (ARU) was briefly among the largest labor unions of its time and one of the first industrial unions in the United States. Launched at a meeting held in Chicago in February 1893, the ARU won an early victory in a strike ...

striking Pullman factory workers near Chicago, Illinois * 1894 – Pullman strike American Railway Union strike versus federal troops, many cities west of Detroit * 1894 – Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike, coal mining regions * 1895 – New Orleans dockworkers riot, New Orleans, Louisiana * 1897 – Lattimer massacre, September 1897, near Hazleton, Pennsylvania *1898 – 1898 Tampa riot, June 6–7, Tampa, Florida * 1898 –

Battle of Virden The Battle of Virden, also known as the Virden Mine Riot and Virden Massacre, was a labor union conflict and a racial conflict in central Illinois that occurred on October 12, 1898. After a United Mine Workers of America local struck a mine in Vi ...

, October 12, Coal strike; 11 killed, 35 wounded, Virden, Illinois * 1898 – Phoenix election riot, November 8, Greenwood County, South Carolina * 1898 – Wilmington insurrection, November 10, Wilmington, North Carolina * 1899 –

Pana riot The Pana riot, or Pana massacre, was a coal mining labor conflict and also a racial conflict that occurred on April 10, 1899, in Pana, Illinois, Pana, Illinois, and resulted in the deaths of seven people. It was one of many similar labor conflict ...

, April 10, Coal mine labor conflict; 7 killed, 6 wounded, Pana, Illinois * 1899 –

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho labor confrontation of 1899 The Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, labor riot of 1899 was the second of two major labor-management confrontations in the Coeur d'Alene mining district of northern Idaho in the 1890s. Like the first incident seven years earlier, the 1899 confrontation w ...

20th century

1900–1909

* 1900 – Akron Riot of 1900, Akron, Ohio * 1900 – New Orleans Riot * 1900 – 1900 Liberty County riot, August 18, Liberty County, Georgia * 1900 – New York City Race Riot * 1901 – Denver Riots, Denver, Colorado * 1901 – Pierce City Riots, Pierce City, Missouri * 1902 – Liverpool Riots, Denver, Colorado * 1903 – Colorado Labor Wars, 1903–1904 * 1903 –

Anthracite Coal Strike The Coal strike of 1902 (also known as the anthracite coal strike) was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners struck for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of t ...

, Eastern

* 1903 – Evansville Race Riot, Evansville, Indiana * 1903 – Motormen's Riot,

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* 1905 –

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, April 7 – July 19, Conflict between the Teamsters Union and the Employers' Association of Chicago by the end, 21 people killed and 416 injured, mostly workers.

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* 1905 - New Hampshire Labor Wars, April 23, 1905-June 22, 1906, protestants attacked bosses in Rockingham and Strafford counties. * 1906 – Rioting and looting after the

1906 San Francisco earthquake At 05:12 Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, April 18, 1906, the coast of Northern California was struck by a major earthquake with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''). High-intensity sha ...

* 1906 – Atlanta Race Riot, Atlanta, Georgia * 1907 – Bellingham riots, Bellingham, Washington * 1908 – Springfield Race Riot,

Springfield, Illinois Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat and largest city of Sangamon County. The city's population was 114,394 at the 2020 census, which makes it the state's seventh most-populous city, the second largest o ...

* 1909 – Greek Town riot, February 21, South Omaha, Nebraska

1910–1919

* 1910 –

Johnson–Jeffries riots The Johnson–Jeffries riots refer to the dozens of race riots that occurred throughout the United States after African-American boxer Jack Johnson defeated white boxer James J. Jeffries in a boxing match termed the "Fight of the Century". Johns ...

* 1910–1919 – Bandit War Southern Texas * 1910 – Philadelphia general strike (1910),

* 1912 – Lawrence textile strike,

Lawrence, Massachusetts Lawrence is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, on the Merrimack River. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 89,143. Surrounding communities include Methuen to the north, Andover to the southwest, and Nort ...

(January to March) * 1912 – Grabow riot (July 7) * 1913 – Wheatland Riot, August 3, Wheatland, California * 1913 –

Paterson silk strike The 1913 Paterson silk strike was a work stoppage involving silk mill workers in Paterson, New Jersey. The strike involved demands for establishment of an eight-hour day and improved working conditions. The strike began in February 1913, and ende ...

, February 25 – July 28

Paterson, New Jersey Paterson ( ) is the largest City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Copper Country Strike of 1913–1914,

Calumet, Michigan Calumet ( or ) is a village in Calumet Township, Houghton County, in the U.S. state of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, that was once at the center of the mining industry of the Upper Peninsula. Also known as Red Jacket, the village includes the C ...

* 1913 – Colorado Coalfield War, September 23 – April 29, 1914, Southern Colorado * 1913 –

Indianapolis streetcar strike of 1913 The Indianapolis streetcar strike of 1913 and the subsequent police mutiny and riots was a breakdown in public order in Indianapolis, Indiana. The events began as a workers strike by the union employees of the Indianapolis Traction & Termin ...

, October 30 – November 7, Indianapolis, Indiana * 1914 – Ludlow massacre, April 20,

Ludlow, Colorado Ludlow is a ghost town in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. It was the site of the Ludlow Massacre–part of the Colorado Coalfield War–in 1914. The town site is located at the entrance to a canyon in the foothills of the Sangre d ...

* 1916 – Preparedness Day bombing, July 22, San Francisco, California * 1916 – Everett massacre, November 5, Everett, Washington * 1917 – Bath riots, January 28–30, El Paso, Texas * 1917 –

East St. Louis Race Riots The East St. Louis Riots were a series of outbreaks of labor and race-related violence by White Americans who murdered between 39 and 150 African Americans in late May and early July 1917. Another 6,000 black people were left homeless, and t ...

, July 2, St. Louis, Missouri & East St. Louis, Illinois * 1917 –

Chester race riot The 1917 Chester race riot was a race riot in Chester, Pennsylvania that took place over four days in July 1917. Racial tensions increased greatly during the World War I industrial boom due to white hostility toward the large influx of southern ...

, July 25–29, Chester, Pennsylvania * 1917 – Springfield Vigilante Riot, Springfield, Missouri * 1917 –

Green Corn Rebellion The Green Corn Rebellion was an armed uprising that took place in rural Oklahoma on August 2 and 3, 1917. The uprising was a reaction by European-Americans, tenant farmers, Seminoles, Muscogee Creeks, and African-Americans to an attempt to enforc ...

, August 3, A brief popular uprising advocating for the rural poor and against military conscription, Central Oklahoma * 1917 – Houston Race riot, August 23,

Houston, Texas Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...

* 1917 – St. Paul Streetcar Riots, October and December, St. Paul, Minnesota * 1918 – Detroit trolley riot, Detroit, Michigan * 1919 – Seattle General Strike, February 6–11, Seattle, Washington * 1919 – May Day Riots, May 1,

, Boston, Massachusetts, New York City, New York (state) * 1919 – Red Summer, white riots against blacks ** Blakeley, Georgia (February 8) ** Memphis, Tennessee (March 14) ** Morgan County, West Virginia (April 10) ** Jenkins County, Georgia (April 13) **

Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...

(May 10) ** Sylvester, Georgia (May 10) ** New London, Connecticut (May 29) ** Putnam County, Georgia (May 27–29) ** Monticello, Mississippi (May 31) ** Memphis, Tennessee (June 13) ** New London, Connecticut (June 13) **

Annapolis, Maryland Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east o ...

(June 27) ** Macon, Mississippi (June 27) ** Bisbee, Arizona (July 3) ** Dublin, Georgia (July 6) ** Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (July 7) ** Coatesville, Pennsylvania (July 8) ** Tuscaloosa, Alabama (July 9) ** Longview, Texas (July 10–12) ** Indianapolis, Indiana (July 14) **

Port Arthur, Texas Port Arthur is a city in Jefferson County within the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area of the U.S. state of Texas. A small, uninhabited portion extends into Orange County; it is east of Houston. The largest oil refinery in the United Sta ...

(July 15) ** Washington, D.C. (July 19–24) **

Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk ( ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Be ...

(July 21) ** New Orleans, Louisiana (July 23) ** Darby, Pennsylvania (July 23) ** Hobson City, Alabama (July 26) ** Chicago, Illinois (July 27 – August 3) **

Newberry, South Carolina Newberry is a city in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States, in the Piedmont northwest of Columbia. The charter was adopted in 1894. The population was 10,277 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Newberry County; at one time it ...

(July 28) **

Bloomington, Illinois Bloomington is a city and the county seat of McLean County, Illinois, United States. It is adjacent to the town of Normal, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area. Bloomington ...

(July 31) **

Syracuse, New York Syracuse ( ) is a City (New York), city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, Onondaga County, New York, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in the state of New York following New York City, Buffalo, New York, Buffa ...

(July 31) ** Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (July 31) **

Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg is a city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, located primarily in Forrest County, Mississippi, Forrest County (where it is the county seat and largest city) and extending west into Lamar County, Mississippi, Lamar County. The city popu ...

(August 4) ** Texarkana, Texas riot of 1919 (August 6) **

New York, New York New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Uni ...

(August 21) ** Knoxville, Tennessee (August 30) ** Ellenton, South Carolina (September 15–21) ** Omaha, Nebraska (September 28–29) ** Elaine, Arkansas (October 1–2) **

(October 1–2) ** Corbin, Kentucky (October 31, 1919) ** Wilmington, Delaware (November 13) * 1919 – Annapolis riot of 1919, June 27,

* 1919 – Boston Police Strike, September 9–11, Boston, Massachusetts * 1919 – Steel Strike of 1919, September 22 – January 8

*1919 – Coal Strike of 1919, November 1 – December 10

* 1919 – Centralia Massacre, November 11, Centralia, Washington

1920–1929

* 1920 – 1920 Lexington riots, Feb 20, Lexington, KY * 1920 – Battle of Matewan, May 20, Matewan, West Virginia * 1920 – Ocoee massacre, November 2–3, Ocoee, Florida * 1921 – Tulsa Race Massacre, May 31 – June 1, Tulsa, Oklahoma * 1921 – Battle of Blair Mountain, August–September, Logan County, West Virginia * 1922 – Herrin Massacre, June 21–22, Herrin, Illinois * 1922 – Straw Hat Riot, September 13–15, New York City,

* 1922 – Perry race riot, December 14–15, Perry, Florida * 1923 – Rosewood Massacre, January 1–7,

Rosewood, Florida Rosewood is an unincorporated community in Levy County, Florida, located just off State Road 24 approximately northeast of Sumner and northeast of Cedar Key. An African-American community prospered there in the early 20th century, until a whi ...

* 1925 – Ossian Sweet incident, September, Detroit, Michigan * 1927 – Yakima Valley Anti-Filipino Riot, November 8–11, Yakima Valley * 1927 – Columbine Mine Massacre, November 21,

Serene, Colorado Serene, Colorado was a company town owned by the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company. Serene had company housing, a post office, a tipple, and was the site of the Columbine Mine. The town was located by what is today the Erie landfill at History In ...

* 1929 – Loray Mill strike, Gastonia, North Carolina

1930–1939

* 1930 – Watsonville Riots, January 19–23, Watsonville, California * 1931 –

Battle of Evarts The Battle of Evarts (May 5, 1931) occurred in Harlan, Kentucky during the Harlan County Wars. The coal miners desired improved working conditions, higher wages, and more housing options for their families. These reasons, along with other fac ...

, May 5, Harlan County, Kentucky * 1931 – The Housing Protests, August 3, Chicago, Illinois * 1931 –

Hawaii Riot The Massie Trial, for what was known as the Massie Affair, was a 1932 criminal trial that took place in Honolulu, Hawaii Territory. Socialite Grace Fortescue, along with several accomplices, was charged with the murder of the well-known local pri ...

, Hawaii *1931–1932 Harlan County War, Harlan County, Kentucky, Part of the Coal Wars and resulted in at least 5 total deaths. * 1932 – Bonus Army March, Spring/Summer 1932, Washington, D.C. * 1932 – Ford Hunger March, March 7, 3,000 unemployed workers march on Ford Motors, five are killed, River Rouge plant,

Dearborn, Michigan Dearborn is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 109,976. Dearborn is the seventh most-populated city in Michigan and is home to the largest Muslim population in the United States pe ...

* 1934 – Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934,

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* 1934 – Auto-Lite strike, April 4 – June 3, the "Battle of Toledo" riot, Toledo, Ohio * 1934 –

1934 West Coast Longshore Strike The 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike (also known as the 1934 West Coast Longshoremen's Strike, as well as a number of variations on these names) lasted 83 days, and began on May 9, 1934 when longshoremen in every US West Coast port walked out. ...

, May 9 – October 12, San Francisco Bay Area, California; Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington * 1934 – Textile workers strike (1934) * 1934 – Detroit World Series riot, October 10, Detroit, Michigan * 1935 – Harlem Riot, March 19–20, New York City * 1935 – Southern Tenant Farmers' Union Riot, Arkansas * 1935 – Terre Haute General Strike, July 22–23, A labor dispute between an enameling company and a labor union led to a two-day general strike. Indiana National Guard was called out and martial law was declared by the Governor. The city was under a state of martial law for six months. It was the third

general strike A general strike refers to a strike action in which participants cease all economic activity, such as working, to strengthen the bargaining position of a trade union or achieve a common social or political goal. They are organised by large co ...

in U.S. History. Terre Haute, Indiana * 1937 – Flint Sit-Down Strike, General Motors' Fisher Body Plant,

Flint, Michigan Flint is the largest city and seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States. Located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit, it is a principal city within the region known as Mid Michigan. At the 2020 census, Flint had a population of 8 ...

* 1937 –

Battle of the Overpass The Battle of the Overpass was an incident on May 26, 1937, in which Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clashed with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Plant complex in Dearborn, Michigan. After i ...

, May 26,

* 1937 – Republic Steel Strike, May 30, Chicago, Illinois

1940–1949

* 1942 – Sojourner Truth Homes Riot, February 28, Detroit, Michigan * 1943 –

Beaumont race riot of 1943 The 1943 race riot in Beaumont, Texas, erupted on June 15 and ended two days later. It related to wartime tensions in the overcrowded city, which had been flooded by workers from across the South. The immediate catalyst to white workers from t ...

, June,

Beaumont, Texas Beaumont is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat, seat of government of Jefferson County, Texas, Jefferson County, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur, Texas, Port Arthur Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area, metropo ...

* 1943 – Zoot Suit Riots, July 3, Los Angeles, California (anti-Hispanic and anti-zoot suit) * 1943 – Detroit race riot of 1943, June 20–21, Detroit, Michigan * 1943 – Harlem riot of 1943, August 1–3, New York City, New York * 1946 – Columbia race riot of 1946, February 25–26, Columbia, Tennessee * 1946 – Battle of Athens (1946), August, revolt by citizens against corrupt local government, McMinn County, Tennessee * 1946 – Airport Homes race riots, Chicago, Illinois * 1947 – Fernwood Park race riot, mid-August, Fernwood, Chicago, IL * 1949 –

Fairground Park riot The Fairground Park riot was a race riot that broke out on June 21, 1949, at a newly integrated public swimming pool.Eddie Silva, "The Longest Day", Riverfront Times, October 25, 2016, http://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/the-longest-day/Conten ...

, June 21,

St. Louis Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which ...

* 1949 – Anacostia Pool Riot, June 29,

Anacostia, Washington, D.C. Anacostia is a historic neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C. Its downtown is located at the intersection of Good Hope Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. It is located east of the Anacostia River, after which the neighborhood is nam ...

* 1949 – Peekskill riots, Peekskill, New York * 1949 – Englewood race riot, November 8–12, Englewood, Chicago, IL

1950–1959

* 1950 – San Juan Nationalist revolt, Utuado Uprising, Jayuya Uprising, October 30, Various uprisings against United States Government rule during the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolts of the 1950s in Puerto Rico * 1951 –

Cicero race riot of 1951 The Cicero race riot of 1951 occurred July 11–12, when a mob of 4,000 whites attacked an apartment building that housed a single black family in a neighborhood in Cicero, Illinois. Background The aftermath of World War II saw a revival of white ...

, July 12, Cicero, Illinois * 1956 –

Mansfield School Integration Incident The Mansfield school desegregation incident is a 1956 event in the Civil Rights Movement in Mansfield, Texas, a suburb of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. In 1955, the Mansfield Independent School District was segregated and still sent its bla ...

400 pro-segregationists brandishing weapons and racist signage prevent 12 black children from entering Mansfield High School Mansfield, TX * 1958 – Battle of Hayes Pond, January 18, Maxton, North Carolina, Armed confrontation between members of the NC Lumbee tribe and the KKK. * 1959 – Harriett-Henderson Cotton Mills Strike Henderson, North Carolina

1960–1969

* 1960 –

HUAC The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA), popularly dubbed the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives, created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloy ...

riot, May 13, Students protest

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hearings, 12 injured, 64 arrested, San Francisco, California * 1960 – Newport Jazz Festival Riot, July 2, Newport, Rhode Island * 1960 – El Cajon Boulevard Riot, August 20, San Diego, California * 1960 –

Ax Handle Saturday Ax Handle Saturday, also known as the Jacksonville riot of 1960, was a racially motivated attack that took place in Hemming Park (now known as James Weldon Johnson Park or JWJ Park) in Jacksonville, Florida, on August 27, 1960. A group of white ...

, August 27, Jacksonville, Florida * 1962 – Ole Miss riot 1962, September 3 – October 1,

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, Oxford, Mississippi * 1963 – Birmingham riot of 1963, May 11, Birmingham, Alabama * 1963 –

Cambridge riot 1963 Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge became ...

, June 14, Cambridge, Maryland * 1964 –

Chester school protests The Chester school protests were a series of demonstrations that occurred from November 1963 through April 1964 in Chester, Pennsylvania. The demonstrations focused on ending the de facto segregation that resulted in the racial categorization of ...

, April 2–26, Chester, Pennsylvania * 1964 –

1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests The 1964 Monson Motor Lodge protest was part of a series of events during the civil rights movement in the United States which occurred on June 18, 1964, at the Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine, Florida. The campaign in June – July 1964 ...

June thru August,

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* 1964 – The July 16 killing of James Powell by police in the Yorkville neighborhood just south of

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precipitates a string of race riots in July and August, including: ** 1964 – Harlem Riot of 1964, July 16–22, New York City ** 1964 – Rochester 1964 race riot, July 24–25, Rochester, New York ** 1964 – Jersey City Riot, August 3–5, A disorderly conduct arrest set off accusations of police brutality and were followed by protests and riots. At least two residents were shot and several police and rioters were injured, Jersey City, NJ ** 1964 –

Dixmoor race riot The 1964 Dixmoor race riot, also known as the Gin Bottle Riot, occurred between August 15 and 17 in Dixmoor, Illinois. After a woman accused of shoplifting a bottle of gin was wrestled to the ground by the owner of the liquor store and arrested, ...

, August 15–17, Dixmoor, Illinois ** 1964 – Philadelphia 1964 race riot, August 28–30, Philadelphia * 1965 – Selma to Montgomery marches, March 7–25, Alabama * 1965 – Watts riots, August 11–17, Los Angeles, California * 1966 – Division Street riots, June 12–14, Humboldt Park, Chicago, Illinois * 1966 – Omaha riot of 1966, July 2, Omaha, Nebraska * 1966 – 1966 Chicago West-Side riots, July 12–15, Chicago, Illinois *1966 –

1966 New York City riots Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo ...

, July 14–20, New York City,

, A riot broke out following a dispute between white and black youths. One person was killed and 53 injured. There were three arson incidents and 82 arrests. * 1966 – Hough riots, July 18–24,

* 1966 – Compton's Cafeteria Riot, August, San Francisco, California *1966 –

Perth Amboy riots Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

, August 2–5, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, a riot broke out following the arrest of a Hispanic man for loitering. Hispanic residents also disliked being treated negatively by the police and being ignored by the community. 26 injuries were reported (15 from law enforcement officers and 11 from civilians) and 43 arrests were made. Interference with firefighters occurred. * 1966 – Marquette Park housing march, August 5, Chicago, Illinois * 1966 – Waukegan riot, August 27, Waukegan, Illinois * 1966 – Benton Harbor riots, August 30 – September 4, Benton Harbor, Michigan * 1966 –

1966 Dayton race riot The 1966 Dayton race riot (also known as the Dayton uprising) was a period of civil unrest in Dayton, Ohio, United States. The riot occurred on September 1 and lasted about 24 hours, ending after the Ohio National Guard had been mobilized. It ...

, September 1, Dayton, Ohio * 1966 – Summerhill and Vine City Riots, September 6–8 Atlanta, Georgia * 1966 – Hunters Point social uprising, September 27 – October 1 San Francisco, California * 1966 –

1966 Clearwater riot Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo ...

, October 31,

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*1966 –

Sunset Strip curfew riots The Sunset Strip curfew riots, also known as the " hippie riots", were a series of early counterculture-era clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California in 1966. History By the mid- ...

, November 12, various other flareups, basis for the song " For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield song)", West Hollywood, California * 1967 – Long Hot Summer of 1967 refers to a year in which 159 race riots, almost all African-American, erupted across the United States, including: ** 1967 – 1967 Louisville riots, April 11–mid-June, Louisville, Kentucky ** 1967 –

1967 Massillion riot Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

, April 17,

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, 17 arrests were made as black and white teenagers fought each other. ** 1967 – 1967 Jackson riot, May 12, Jackson, Mississippi ** 1967 – 1967 Texas Southern University riot, May 16,

** 1967 – 1967 Boston riot, June 2–5, Boston, Massachusetts ** 1967 – 1967 Clearwater riot, June 3 or 4, Clearwater, Florida, a riot started after a white police officer tried to assist an African-American officer break up a fight between two African-American men. **1967 – 1967 Philadelphia riot, June 11, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, began after a dispute involving a rug. Bottle and brick throwing were reported in an African-American neighborhood and 4 police officers were injured. **1967 – 1967 Prattville riot, June 11, Prattville, Alabama, riots following the arrest of Stokely Carmichael arrest. 4 people were wounded and 10 arrested. ** 1967 – Tampa riot of 1967, June 11–14, Tampa, Florida ** 1967 – Avondale riots, June 12–15, Cincinnati, Ohio **1967 – 1967 Maywood riots, June 14, Maywood, Illinois, riots began after young African-American men and women demanded a swimming pool in the historically neglected neighborhood. ** 1967 –

1967 Atlanta riots The 1967 Atlanta riots were one of many riots during the Long, hot summer of 1967 lasting from June 17, 1967 to June 20. The riots started after a black male who was holding a beer can was denied from entering the Flamingo Grill by a security gua ...

, June 17–20, Atlanta, Georgia ** 1967 – Buffalo riot of 1967, June 27, Buffalo, New York **1967 –

1967 Waterloo riots Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consula ...

, July 8–9, Waterloo, Iowa, riots started after a young African-American man was arrested for assault and battery of an elderly white man sweeping the sidewalk in front of his business. ** 1967 – 1967 Kansas City riot, July 9,

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, 1 person was injured and 11 arrested. ** 1967 –

1967 Newark riots The 1967 Newark riots were an episode of violent, armed conflict in the streets of Newark, New Jersey, United States. Taking place over a four-day period (between July 12 and July 17, 1967), the Newark riots resulted in at least 26 deaths and ...

, July 12–17, Newark, New Jersey ** 1967 – 1967 Hartford riot, July 14,

Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...

** 1967 –

1967 Plainfield riots The Plainfield riots was one of 159 race riots that swept cities in the United States during the "Long Hot Summer of 1967". This riot was a series of racially charged violent disturbances that occurred in Plainfield, New Jersey, which mirrore ...

, July 14–21, Plainfield, New Jersey ** 1967 – 1967 Fresno riot, July 15–17, Fresno, California, riots were sparked after the loss of a local youth job program used extensively by African-American and Latino youths. 2 people were injured, 27 arrested and 46 cases of arson were reported. **1967 – Cairo riot, July 17,

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**1967 – 1967 New Brunswick riots, July 17–18,

New Brunswick, New Jersey New Brunswick is a city (New Jersey), city in and the county seat, seat of government of Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.1967 Minneapolis riot, July 19–24, Minneapolis, Minnesota **1967 – 1967 Wadesboro riot, July 22, Wadesboro, North Carolina, after a black person was shot and run over by a car, local black residents went on a rock throwing spree. **1967 –

1967 New York City riot The 1967 New York City riot was one of many riots that occurred during the Long, hot summer of 1967. The riot began after an off-duty police officer, Patrolman Anthony Cinquemani shot and killed a Puerto Rican man named Renaldo Rodriquez who he c ...

, July 22–25,

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, New York City, a riot began in East Harlem after a policeman killed a Puerto Rican he claimed was holding a knife and threatening him. The riot later spread to the South Bronx. ** 1967 – 1967 Birmingham riot, July 23, Birmingham, Alabama, 11 people were injured and over 70 arrested with the National Guard being called in to assist the police. ** 1967 – 1967 Toledo Riot, July 23, Toledo, Ohio ** 1967 – 1967 Rochester riots, July 23–24, Rochester, New York a riot began following police shutting down a drag race. 1 person was killed, 9 injured, 146 arson cases reported and 69 people arrested. The New York State Police and the National Guard would be called up. **1967 – 1967 Lima riots, July 23–26,

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riots began following the killing of a white man by a black man. Two cases of arson were reported and 23 arrests made. ** 1967 –

1967 Detroit riot The 1967 Detroit Riot, also known as the 12th Street Riot or Detroit Rebellion, was the bloodiest of the urban riots in the United States during the "Long, hot summer of 1967". Composed mainly of confrontations between Black residents and the De ...

, July 23–29, Detroit, Michigan ** 1967 –

Cambridge riot of 1967 Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge bec ...

, July 24, a.k.a. the

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riot, Cambridge, Maryland ** 1967 – 1967 Waukegan riots, July 24–25, Waukegan, Illinois **1967 –

1967 Grand Rapids riot Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

, July 25–27, Grand Rapids, Michigan, a riot began following the Grand Rapids Police raiding and shutting down an illegal bar. As the patrons stood on the street police attempted to arrest a young man for stealing a car. The young man had a broken arm in a cast and the onlookers accused the police of brutality in the arrest. The next night rioters began using Molotov cocktails to burn down businesses and houses. White vigilantes took to the streets to counter the protesters. Gov. George Romney ordered the National Guard to intervene. By the end of the protests there were 44 injuries, no deaths and 30 arrests. ** 1967 –

1967 Saginaw riot The 1967 Saginaw riot was one of 159 race riots that swept cities in the United States during the "Long Hot Summer of 1967". This riot occurred in Saginaw, Michigan, on July 26, 1967. Tensions were high across Michigan that week as the 1967 Detr ...

, July 26, Saginaw, Michigan **1967 – 1967 Albany riot, Albany, New York, July 27–28, riots began in response to a rumor of two deaths at the hands of the police. 41 people were arrested and there were 3 arson cases. **1967 – 1967 Wilmington riots, July 28–30, Wilmington, Delaware, 13 were injured, 14 arson cases and 325 arrests were reported during the riots. ** 1967 – 1967 Rockford riots, July 29–30,

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, 11 people injured and 44 arrested. ** 1967 –

Albina Riot of 1967 The Albina Riot of 1967 occurred in the Albina District of Portland, Oregon, during a year when other cities were experiencing similar civil right demonstrations and urban unrest. Background On July 30, 1967, a group of 100 to 150 people gathere ...

, July 30, Portland, Oregon ** 1967 – Milwaukee riot, July 30, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ** 1967 – 1967 Riviera Beach riot, July 30–31, Riviera Beach & West Palm Beach, Florida ** 1967 – 1967 Providence riots, July 31 – August 1, 23 people were injured and 14 arrests were made. **1967 – 1967 New Haven riots, August 19–23, a riot began following a white restaurant owner shooting at a Puerto Rican man who had come at him with a knife. Over 200 Connecticut State Troopers would be called in to assist the city's police department that had 430 officers. 3 people were injured, 679 arrested and 90 cases of arson reported. * 1967 - 1967 Century City demonstration, anti-war protesters in Los Angeles are beaten by police. * 1968 – Orangeburg Massacre, S.C. State Univ., February 8, Orangeburg, South Carolina * 1968 – Memphis sanitation strike riot, March 28, Memphis, Tennessee * 1968 – Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4, Memphis, Tennessee, precipitates all April 4–14 riots, including: ** 1968 –

1968 Detroit riot The 1968 Detroit riot was a civil disturbance that occurred between April 4–5, 1968 in Detroit, Michigan following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Less than a year after the violent unrest of 1967, areas of 12th Street (present-d ...

, April 4–5, Detroit, Michigan ** 1968 –

1968 New York City riot The 1968 New York City riot was a disturbance sparked by the assassination of Martin Luther King on April 4, 1968. Harlem, the largest African-American neighborhood in Manhattan was expected to erupt into looting and violence as it had done a y ...

s, April 4–5, New York City, New York ** 1968 – 1968 Tallahassee riots, April 4–7, Tallahassee, Florida, One person killed and five injured. ** 1968 –

1968 Washington, D.C. riots The Washington, D.C., riots of 1968 were a four-day period of violent civil unrest and rioting following the assassination of leading African American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., on April 4, 1968. Part of the broader Ki ...

, April 4–8, Washington, D.C. **1968 – 1968 Boston riots, April 4–9, Boston, Massachusetts, 34 injuries were reported, 16 cases of arson and 87 arrests. **1968 – 1968 Charlotte riots, April 4–12, Charlotte, North Carolina, seven injuries were reported; 29 cases of arson and 30 arrests. ** 1968 –

1968 Chicago riots The 1968 Chicago riots, in the United States, were sparked in part by the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Rioting and looting followed, with people flooding out onto the streets of major cities. Soon riots began, primarily in black u ...

, West Side Riots, April 5–7, Chicago, Illinois ** 1968 – 1968 Norfolk riots, April 5–10,

** 1968 –

1968 Pittsburgh riots The 1968 Pittsburgh riots were a series of urban disturbances that erupted in Pittsburgh on April 5, 1968, following the assassination of Martin Luther King. Pittsburgh, along with 110 other cities, burned for several days and 3,600 National Gua ...

, April 5–11, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ** 1968 – 1968 Jacksonville riots, April 6–11, Jacksonville, Florida one person killed and 15 injured, with 12 of those caused by police. ** 1968 – Baltimore riot of 1968, April 6–14,

** 1968 – Avondale riot of 1968, April 8,

** 1968 –

1968 Kansas City riot The 1968 Kansas City riot occurred in Kansas City, Missouri, in April 1968. Kansas City became one of 37 cities in the United States to be the subject of rioting after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The rioting in Kansas City did ...

, April 9,

** 1968 –

Wilmington Riot of 1968 The Wilmington Riot of 1968 occurred in Wilmington, Delaware, in April of that year following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The riot did not cause any fatalities, though there were numerous injuries, arrests, and buildings burned. ...

, April 9–10, Wilmington, Delaware ** 1968 – Trenton Riot of 1968, April 9–11, Trenton, New Jersey * 1968 – Columbia University protests of 1968, April 23, New York City, New York * 1968 – Louisville riots of 1968, May 27, Louisville, Kentucky * 1968 – 1968 Paterson riots, July 2–7,

Paterson, New Jersey Paterson ( ) is the largest City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. *1968 – 1968 Coney Islands Riots, July 19–22,

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, New York City,

, the cause of the riots are unclear. Five police officers were injured and eight people were arrested by the police in a neighborhood that was predominantly black and Puerto Rican. * 1968 – Akron riot, July 17–23, Akron, Ohio * 1968 – Glenville Shootout, July 23–28,

* 1968 – 1968 Richmond riots. July 25–30,

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riots broke out after a 15-year-old black male suspect in a car robbery was shot by police. 17 arson cases were reported and 564 people arrested. * 1968 –

1968 Miami riot A group of black organizations in Miami called for “a mass rally of concerned Black people,” to take place on August 7, 1968, at the Vote Power building in Liberty City, a black neighborhood. Sponsors were the Vote Power League, the Souther ...

, August 7–8, Miami, Florida * 1968 –

1968 Democratic National Convention protests The 1968 Democratic National Convention protests were a series of protest activities against the Vietnam War that took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Counterculture and anti-Vietnam War protest groups began ...

, including the police riots of August 27–28, Chicago, Illinois * 1969 –

Zip to Zap The Zip to Zap riot of May 9–11, 1969, in Zap, North Dakota, was originally intended as a spring break diversion. As a result of an article that originally appeared in the '' The Spectrum'', student newspaper at North Dakota State Universit ...

riot, May 9–11, Zap, North Dakota * 1969 – People's Park Riots, May, Berkeley, California * 1969 –

1969 Greensboro uprising The 1969 Greensboro uprising occurred on and around the campuses of James B. Dudley High School and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (A&T) in Greensboro, North Carolina, when, over the course of May 21 to May 25, gunfir ...

, May 21–25, Greensboro, North Carolina * 1969 – Cairo disorders, May–December,

* 1969 –

Stonewall riots The Stonewall riots (also known as the Stonewall uprising, Stonewall rebellion, or simply Stonewall) were a series of spontaneous protests by members of the gay community in response to a police raid that began in the early morning hours of Ju ...

, June 28 – July 2, New York City, New York * 1969 – 1969 York Race Riot, July 17–24, York, Pennsylvania * 1969 – Days of Rage, October 8–11, Weathermen riot in Chicago, Illinois

1970–1979

* 1970 – San Francisco Police Department Park Station bombing, February 16, San Francisco, CA * 1970 – University of Puerto Rico riot, March 4–11, at least one killed, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico *1970 – Coachella Riots, April 5,

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, started after a

Brown Beret The Brown Berets (Spanish: ''Los Boinas Cafés'') is a pro-Chicano paramilitary organization that emerged during the Chicano Movement in the late 1960s. David Sanchez and Carlos Montes co-founded the group modeled after the Black Panther Party ...

member disrupted a dance by getting on the stage and calling for "action." Three people were arrested, four police officers injured and the mayor's house was burned down. * 1970 – Student strike of 1970, May 1970 * 1970 – Kent State riots/shootings, May 4, 1970, four killed, Kent, Ohio * 1970 – New Haven Green Disorders, Yale University, May 1970, New Haven, Connecticut * 1970 – Augusta Riot, May 11–13, Augusta, Georgia * 1970 – Hard Hat Riot, Wall Street, May 8, New York City * 1970 – Jackson State killings, May 14–15, two killed, Jackson, Mississippi * 1970 – Stoneman Meadow Riot, July 4, 1970,

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, California * 1970 –

1970 Asbury Park race riots The 1970 Asbury Park race riots were a major civil disturbance that occurred in Asbury Park, New Jersey between July 4 and July 10, 1970.Katrina Martin, The Duke University Libraries''The Asbury Park July 1970 Riots''./ref> The seven days of riotin ...

, July 4–10,

Asbury Park, New Jersey Asbury Park () is a beachfront city located on the Jersey Shore in Monmouth County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 15,188

* 1970 –

1970 Memorial Park riot The 1970 Memorial Park riot was a civil disturbance by alienated white youths that began in Royal Oak, Michigan, on August 24, 1970, and spread to Birmingham, Michigan, both primarily white middle class suburbs of Detroit. The initial conflict res ...

, August 24–27, Royal Oak, Michigan * 1970 –

Sterling Hall bombing The Sterling Hall bombing occurred on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus on August 24, 1970, and was committed by four men as an action against the university's research connections with the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. It resu ...

, Univ. of Wisc., August 24, one killed, Madison, Wisconsin * 1970 – Chicano Moratorium riot, August 29, Los Angeles, California * 1971 – Wilmington riot 1971, February 9, Wilmington, North Carolina * 1971 – May Day protests 1971, May 3, Washington, D.C. * 1971 – Albuquerque riots, June 13–15,

Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...

the arrest of several Chicano teens for underage drinking at Albuquerque's Roosevelt Park set off 30 hours of violence. Police fired their guns in the air and tossed tear gas but the angry crowd overturned police cars, started fires and smashed windows, forcing officers to flee. Some 600 people were arrested, dozens injured and the area and nearby buildings damaged. *1971 – Colonia riots, July 18–19, Colonia, California 38 people arrested. * 1971 – Camden riots, August 1971,

Camden, New Jersey Camden is a city in and the county seat of Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Camden is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan area and is located directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the 2020 ...

* 1971 – Santa Fe Fiestas riot, September 7, 1971,

Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; tiw, Hulp'ó'ona, label=Tiwa language, Northern Tiwa; nv, Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. ...

, civil disturbances and vandalism during annual Fiestas event. Police fired tear gas into crowd. 100 National Guardsman were called to protect buildings and keep order. 23 people were arrested. * 1971 –

Attica Prison uprising The Attica Prison Riot, also known as the Attica Prison Rebellion, the Attica Uprising, or the Attica Prison Massacre, took place at the state prison in Attica, New York; it started on September 9, 1971, and ended on September 13 with the high ...

, September 9–13, at least 39 killed, Attica, New York *1972 –

Pharr riots Pharr is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 70,400, and in 2019, the estimated population was 79,112. Pharr is connected by bridge to the Mexican city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Pharr is ...

, February 6, Pharr, Texas started after police attacked a crowd protesting police brutality and killed one person. *1972 – April 1972 Santa Paula riots, April 23, Santa Paula, California 35-40 arrests. *1972 – Gainesville riots, May 12, 1972, Gainesville, Florida, anti-war protesters and police clashed for several hours. 174 people were arrested and 24 injured. *1972 – 1972 Boston riots, July 1972, Boston, Massachusetts * 1973 – Wounded Knee incident, February 27 – May 8, Wounded Knee, South Dakota * 1973 – Shooting of Clifford Glover Riot, April 23, Rioting broke out in South Jamaica, Queens after an undercover police officer shot and killed a 10-year-old African-American youth.

* 1974 – SLA Shootout, May 17, Los Angeles, California * 1974 –

Baltimore police strike The Baltimore Police Strike was a 1974 labor action conducted by officers of the Baltimore Police Department. Striking officers sought better wages and changes to BPD policy. They also expressed solidarity with Baltimore municipal workers, who wer ...

, July, Baltimore, Maryland * 1974 – Boston desegregation busing riots: at least 40 riots throughout Boston, Massachusetts from September 1974 through September 1976. * 1975 –

Livernois–Fenkell riot The Livernois–Fenkell riot was a racially motivated riot in the summer of 1975 on Livernois Avenue at Chalfonte Avenue, just south of Fenkell Avenue, in Detroit, Michigan. Riot The trouble began when Andrew Chinarian, the 39-year-old owner of ...

, July 1975, Detroit, Michigan * 1976 – Escambia High School riots, February 5, Pensacola, Florida * 1976 – Marquette Park unrest, June–August, Chicago, Illinois * 1977 – Humboldt Park riot, June 5–6, Chicago, Illinois * 1977 – New York City Blackout riot 1977, July 13–14, New York City, New York * 1978 – Fireman Strike Arson, July 2, 1978, Memphis, TN * 1978 –

Moody Park riot Moody may refer to: Places * Moody, Alabama, U.S. * Moody, Indiana, U.S. * Moody, Missouri, U.S. * Moody, Texas, U.S. * Moody County, South Dakota, U.S. * Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada * Hundred of Moody, a cadastral division in South A ...

, May 5, 1978, Houston, Texas * 1979 – Herman Hill riot, April 15, Wichita, Kansas * 1979 –

White Night riots The White Night riots were a series of violent events sparked by an announcement of a lenient sentencing of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone, the mayor of San Francisco, and of Harvey Milk, a member of the city's Board of ...

, May 1979, San Francisco, California * 1979 – Levittown Gas Riot, June 23–24, Thousands rioted in response to increased gasoline prices in the U.S., 198 arrested, 44 police and 200 rioters injured. Gas stations were damaged and cars set on fire, Levittown, Pennsylvania * 1979 – Greensboro massacre, November 3, Shootout between members of the Communist Workers Party and members of the

Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan (), commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is an American white supremacist, right-wing terrorist, and hate group whose primary targets are African Americans, Jews, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and ...

and the American Nazi Party. Greensboro, North Carolina.

1980–1989

* 1980 – New Mexico State Penitentiary riot, February 2–3, Santa Fe, New Mexico * 1980 – Miami riot 1980, May 17–19, Miami, Florida * 1982 – Miami riot 1982, December 28, rioting broke out after police shot and killed a black man in video game arcade. Another man was killed in the riots, more than 25 people were injured and 40 arrested. Overtown section of Miami. Miami, Florida * 1984 – Tower Hill riot,

* 1985 – Philadelphiabr>bombing
of MOVE house by police using C4 plastic explosives dropped from a helicopter killing 11, including 5 children, and th
ensuing loss of a city block
to fire (May 13, 1985) * 1986 – Marquette Park KKK rally, June 28, Chicago, Illinois *1987 – 1987 Tampa riots, Tampa, Florida * 1988 –

Tompkins Square Park riot The Tompkins Square Park riot occurred on August 6–7, 1988 in Tompkins Square Park, located in the East Village and Alphabet City neighborhoods of Manhattan, New York City. Groups of "drug pushers, homeless people and young people known a ...

, August 6–7, New York City * 1988 – Cedar Grove, Shreveport, Louisiana * 1989 –

1989 Miami riot The 1989 Miami riot was sparked after Miami Police Department (MPD) officer William Lozano shot Black motorcyclist Clement Lloyd on January 16, 1989. Lloyd, 23, was fleeing from another MPD officer who was chasing him for an alleged traffic viol ...

, January 16–18, four days of rioting in the Overtown neighborhood began after a police officer shot a man driving a motorcycle who was fleeing another officer. He crashed and his passenger was also killed. Miami, Florida * 1989 – 1989 Tampa riot, February 1, Tampa, Florida a riot began following the death of an African American man while in police custody. The disturbance lasted for an hour with 150 youths participating. A grocery store was looted and set on fire. Four police officers, including one involved in the initial arrest, were injured.

1990–1999

* 1990 –

1990 Wynwood riot The Wynwood riot occurred in December 1990 in Wynwood, Florida. After the acquittal of officers who had beaten to death a small time drug dealer named Leonardo Mercado, locals rioted causing $3 million in property damage. The incident would later ...

s, December 3, 1990, Miami, Florida, Started after the acquittal of police officers who had beaten a drug dealer named Leonardo Mercado to death in December 1988. * 1991 – 1991 Washington, DC riot, Mount Pleasant riot, May 5–9, Washington, D.C. * 1991 –

Overtown, Miami Overtown is a neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States, just northwest of Downtown Miami. Originally called Colored Town in the Jim Crow era of the late 19th through the mid-20th century, the area was once the preeminent and is the histo ...

, June 28, Riot in the heavily Black section of Overtown against Cuban Americans. Miami, Florida * 1991 – Crown Heights riot, August 1991, Brooklyn, New York * 1992 – L.A. Rodney King riots, April–May 1992, Los Angeles, California * 1992 –

West Las Vegas riots The West Las Vegas riots were sparked on April 29, 1992, after the Rodney King verdict, where all four White American, white Los Angeles Police Department, LAPD officers were acquitted for the beating of motorist Rodney King in Los Angeles, Califor ...

, April 29, Las Vegas, Nevada * 1992 –

1992 Washington Heights riots This list is about incidents of civil unrest, rioting, violent labor disputes, or minor insurrections or revolts in New York City. By date Civil unrest in New York by date in ascending order, from earliest to latest. * 1712 – New York Slave ...

, July 4–7, Manhattan, New York, Dominican community * 1996 – St. Petersburg, Florida Riot 1996, October 1996, St. Petersburg, Florida * 1997 – North Hollywood shootout, February 1997, Los Angeles, California * 1999 –

Michigan State University student riot Notable Michigan State University student riots occurred during the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade). The most recent riot occurred in 2021. 1999 riot A riot took place on and around the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich ...

, April 1999, East Lansing, Michigan * 1999 – Woodstock '99 music festival incident, July 1999, Rome, New York * 1999 – WTO Meeting of 1999, "The Battle of Seattle", November 1999, Seattle, Washington

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2000–2009

* 2000 – Elián González affair, Miami, Florida * 2000 - Firing of

Bob Knight Robert Montgomery Knight (born October 25, 1940) is an American former basketball coach. Nicknamed "the General", Knight won 902 NCAA Division I men's college basketball games, a record at the time of his retirement, and currently fourth all-ti ...

, September 11, 2,000-10,000 Indiana Hoosiers Men's Basketball fans participate in vandalism and protests, Bloomington, Indiana * 2000 –

Puerto Rican Day Parade attacks The Puerto Rican Day Parade attacks occurred on June 11, 2000 in Manhattan, New York City, and involved multiple assailants who harassed, sexually assaulted, and robbed random victims. Many of the attacks were caught on video, and received worldwi ...

, June 11, Central Park, New York City * 2000 – Brooks Brothers riot, November 22, Miami-Dade County, Florida * 2001 –

Seattle Mardi Gras riot The Seattle Mardi Gras riot occurred on February 27, 2001, when disturbances broke out in the Pioneer Square neighborhood during Mardi Gras celebrations in Seattle, Washington. There were numerous random attacks on revelers over a period of about ...

, February 27, Seattle, Washington * 2001 –

2001 Cincinnati Riots The 2001 Cincinnati riots were a series of civil disorders which took place in and around the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio from April 9 to 13, 2001. They began with a peaceful protest in the heart of the city on Founta ...

, April 10–12, Cincinnati, Ohio * 2003 – Benton Harbor riot, June 2003, Benton Harbor, Michigan * 2003 – Miami FTAA Protests, November 2003, Miami, Florida * 2005 –

Civil disturbances and military action in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina As the center of Hurricane Katrina passed southeast of New Orleans on August 29, 2005, winds downtown were in the Category 1 range with frequent intense gusts. The storm surge caused approximately 23 breaches in the drainage canal and nav ...

, August – September, New Orleans, Louisiana * 2005 – 2005 Toledo riot, October 15, Toledo, Ohio * 2006 – San Bernardino punk riot, March 4, San Bernardino, California * 2007 – The Los Angeles May Day mêlée, May 1, Los Angeles, California * 2009 – Riots against BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, January 7, 120 arrested, Oakland, California * 2009 – Akron riots, March 14, 2009, 7 arrested; and July 2009, unknown number arrested, Akron, Ohio * 2009 –

2009 G20 Pittsburgh summit The 2009 G20 Pittsburgh Summit was the third meeting of the G20 heads of state/heads of government to discuss financial markets and the world economy. The G20 is the premier forum for discussing, planning and monitoring international economic ...

protests, September 24–25, 193 arrested

2010–2019

* 2010 – Springfest riot, April 10 * 2010 – Santa Cruz May Day riot, May 1 * 2010 – Oakland protest riot, November 5, protesting sentence of former BART officer in shooting of Oscar Grant on New Years Day 2009; see BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant. Oakland, California * 2011 – Madison Occupation. Protestors storm and occupy the Wisconsin state capitol building for 18 days. * 2011 – Occupy Wall Street (

Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/ suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River ...

protests). * 2011 – Occupy Oakland Oakland protests riots. October. * 2012 – Kentucky Wildcats supporters in

Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County. By population, it is the List of cities in Kentucky, second-largest city in Kentucky and List of United States cities by popul ...

* 2012 – NATO 2012 Chicago Summit, May. * 2012 – Anaheim police shooting and protests, July 28. * 2013 –

Flatbush Riots This list is about incidents of civil unrest, rioting, violent labor disputes, or minor insurrections or revolts in New York City. By date Civil unrest in New York by date in ascending order, from earliest to latest. * 1712 – New York Slave ...

, March 11, Riots in Brooklyn, New York after the death of Kimani Gray who was shot and killed by NYPD. * 2014 – Bundy Standoff, April 5–May, * 2014 – Ferguson unrest,

Ferguson Ferguson may refer to: Places Canada * Ferguson Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario) * Ferguson, British Columbia * Mount Ferguson (Ontario), a mountain in Temagami, Ontario United States *Ferguson, a meteorite fall in North Carolina * Ferguson, Arkansas ...

and St. Louis, Missouri, August 10 and November 24. Following the shooting death of Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer * 2014 – St. Louis, Missouri – October 8, * 2014 – New York, New York, and Berkeley, California. * 2014 –

2014 Oakland riots The 2014 Oakland riots were a series of riots and civil disturbances that took place in Oakland, California and surrounding areas in November and December 2014. On November 24, 2014, following the decision of a Grand Jury in St. Louis to not charg ...

, November–December, * 2014 – Berkeley, Missouri, December 23–24. Antonio Martin is shot to death by police in a St. Louis suburb nearby to Ferguson * 2015 –

2015 Baltimore protests On April 12, 2015, Baltimore Police Department officers arrested Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American resident of Baltimore, Maryland. Gray's neck and spine were injured while he was in a police vehicle and he went into a coma. On Ap ...

, April 25–28 following the

death of Freddie Gray On April 12, 2015, Freddie Carlos Gray Jr., a 25-year-old African American, was arrested by the Baltimore Police Department over his legal possession of a knife. While being transported in a police van, Gray sustained injuries and was taken to ...

while in police custody. * 2015 – St. Louis, Missouri, August 19. Conflict with police following fatal shooting by St. Louis police officers of a black teenager Mansur Ball-Bey * 2016 – Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, January–February, One killed and several dozen arrested at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon. * 2016 – Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, March 11. * 2016 –

Democracy Spring Democracy Spring was a progressive social movement organization based in the United States that used campaigns of escalating nonviolent civil disobedience to build active public support to "end the corruption of big money in politics and prot ...

rally in April. March to Washington D.C. and sit-ins lead to arrests. * 2016 –

2016 Sacramento riot The 2016 Sacramento riot was a civil disorder at a neo-Nazi rally outside the California State Capitol in Sacramento, California on June 26, 2016. Neo-nazi groups including the Traditionalist Workers Party and other white supremacist groups were ...

, June 26, A confrontation between white nationalists and left-wing counter protesters at the California State Capitol. * 2016 – Widespread protests erupt in response to two deaths at the hands of police, the Shooting of Alton Sterling and shooting of Philando Castile. New York City, Chicago, St. Paul, Baton Rouge, and other cities. * 2016 – Milwaukee riots, Sherman Park, August 13–15. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sparked by the fatal police shooting of 23-year-old Sylville Smith. * 2016 – Charlotte riot, September 20–21, Protests and riots break out in response to the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by a Charlotte police officer. * 2016 –

Dakota Access Pipeline protests The Dakota Access Pipeline Protests, also called by the hashtag #NoDAPL, began in April 2016 as a grassroots opposition to the construction of Energy Transfer Partners' Dakota Access Pipeline in the northern United States and ended on Febru ...

, 411 protesters arrested. * 2016 –

Anti-Trump protests Protests against Donald Trump have occurred in the United States, Europe and elsewhere from his entry into the 2016 presidential campaign to his loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. Protests have expressed opposition to Trump' ...

, November 9–2 * 2017 – Berkeley, California, February 1, civil unrest ensued at UC Berkeley * 2017 – Anaheim, California protests, February 21, protesters demonstrated after a police officer grabbed a 13-year-old boy and fired a single shot. * 2017 – May Day, in Olympia, Washington and Portland, Oregon, protestors demonstrated for workers rights. * 2017 – Unite the Right rally, Charlottesville, Virginia, August 11–12, opposition to the removal of a statue of Confederate general

Robert E. Lee Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, towards the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Nort ...

* 2017 – St. Louis protests, September 15–November 24 * 2019 – Memphis riot, June 13, following the fatal shooting of Brandon Webber by U.S. Marshals, Memphis, TN.

2020–2022

* 2020 – New York City FTP protests, January 31, Anti-Transit Police and MTA protest resulting in hundreds of arrests over the three separate days of demonstration. Vandalism and violence on train stations were reported. *2020 – University of Dayton closure riot, March 11, A riot broke out following the university's announcement of a temporary closure due to COVID-19. * 2020 –

2020–2022 United States racial unrest An ongoing wave of civil unrest in the United States, triggered by the murder of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, has led to riots and protests against systemic racism towards African Americans in ...

begins. * 2020 – 5-27-2020 (32 of 61) (49944139137)

George Floyd protests, May 26 – Following the murder of George Floyd, protests and civil unrest against

police brutality Police brutality is the excessive and unwarranted use of force by law enforcement against an individual or a group. It is an extreme form of police misconduct and is a civil rights violation. Police brutality includes, but is not limited to, ...

and

systemic racism Institutional racism, also known as systemic racism, is a form of racism that is embedded in the laws and regulations of a society or an organization. It manifests as discrimination in areas such as criminal justice, employment, housing, healt ...

began in Minneapolis and quickly spread across the United States and the world, on a scale unseen since the unrest of the summers of 1967 and 1968.

Derek Chauvin Derek Michael Chauvin ( ; born March 19, 1976) is an American former police officer who was convicted for the murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Chauvin was a member of the Minneapolis Police ...

, the policeman who held his knee on Floyd's neck for over nine minutes, was soon fired along with the three other officers involved. Later, Chauvin was arrested and charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter; after being taken into custody and released on bail in October 2020, Chauvin was found guilty on all charges in April 2021 and sentenced to 22 years and 6 months in prison in June 2021. The other three policemen were convicted of federal civil rights violations in February of 2022. Widespread protests and riots spread to other American cities and then to other countries, with Floyd's murder garnering condemnation. Protest tactics included peaceful occupation and resistance, but was overshadowed by widespread looting and damage of private and public properties. In the Seattle neighborhood of Capitol Hill, an occupation protest and self-declared autonomous zone was established on June 8, 2020, covering six city blocks and a park after the Seattle Police Department left their East Precinct building. The area was cleared of occupants by police on July 1, 2020. May 29 began national days of protests in every state; some of which lasted throughout the summer of 2020. * 2020 –

Kenosha unrest In the aftermath of the August 2020 police shooting of Jacob Blake, protests, riots, and civil unrest occurred in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and around the United States as part of the larger 2020–2022 United States racial unrest and Black Lives Ma ...

, August 23–28, On August 23 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Jacob Blake was shot in the back by a police officer while not complying with their attempt to arrest him. Protests and rioting occurred after the incident. A State of Emergency was declared, and police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. During several days of rioting, government buildings were damaged, businesses were looted and set on fire, and vehicles were firebombed, including 100 cars burned at a car dealership. On the third day of unrest an armed teenager shot three rioters, whom one was also armed, wounding one and killing two. By August 28, almost 1000 Wisconsin National Guard troops were on the streets, backed by National Guard troops from Michigan, Alabama and Arizona. Nearly 100 buildings were damaged with the cost of damage to City property close to $2 million and the cost to private property damaged near $50 million. * 2020 –

Minneapolis false rumors riot False rumors of a police shooting resulted in rioting, arson, and looting in the U.S. city of Minneapolis from August 2628, 2020. The events began as a reaction to the suicide of Eddie Sole Jr., a 38-year old black man who was being pursued b ...

, August 26–28, On August 26, a false rumor that police shot a man in Minneapolis started riots that set four buildings on fire and damaged 72 others. * 2020 – Jewish Protest, October 7–8, In Brooklyn, New York, members of the Orthodox Jewish community protested over new COVID-19 restrictions. Minor fires were set, masks were burned, and journalist

Jacob Kornbluh Jacob Kornbluh is a reporter. Career Kornbluh was born on May 29. After moving to New York City, Kornbluh worked at a deli counter and hardware store, later owning a pizza shop while on the side he blogged and did videography. After seeing co ...

was attacked. Heshy Tischler was taken into custody for inciting a riot. * 2020 –

riot, October 26 – November 4, Caused by the Killing of Walter Wallace by Philadelphia police. * 2020 –

2020–21 United States election protests Protests began in multiple cities in the United States following the 2020 United States presidential election between then-President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger vice president of the united states, Vice President Joe Biden, held on ...

, November 3 – March 2021, Several demonstrations were held during and after the 2020 presidential election. Clashes between pro-Trump supporters and counterprotesters occurred on multiple nights, including November 14 and December 12. On the night of December 12, there were multiple stabbings and over 23 people were arrested. * 2021 – United States Capitol attack, January 6, After months of unsuccessful attempts by President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, asserting voter fraud occurred and unsuccessfully attempting to pressure state election officials to alter the election results in his favor, a large group of pro-Trump supporters, allegedly called to action by Trump, entered the United States Capitol in an attempt to prevent the certification of Joe Biden's election victory. The Capitol was vandalized, including doors, windows, and offices, forcing members of Congress and Vice President

Mike Pence Michael Richard Pence (born June 7, 1959) is an American politician who served as the 48th vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 50th ...

to evacuate. One death occurred as a direct result of the unrest, and several additional deaths were reported subsequently, but determined to be due to unrelated or natural causes. Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran from Southern California, was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer as she attempted to enter through a broken window leading to the Speaker's Lobby inside the Capitol. During a rush of protestors attempting to fight their way through the police line, Rosanne Boyland was unintentionally crushed and killed. While originally believed to have been a victim of blunt force trauma or chemical spray during altercations between protestors and police, officer Brian Sicknick also died shortly after the violence from a stroke. Nearly 140 police officers were injured. In the aftermath of the unrest, which received widespread domestic and international condemnation, the Chief of the Capitol Police resigned under pressure and President Trump was impeached a second time under accusation of incitement of insurrection. His subsequent trial in February 2021 ultimately resulted in an acquittal by the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

, making Trump the first to be tried as a former president and to be impeached and acquitted twice. * 2021 –

Daunte Wright protests Protests and civil disorder occurred in reaction to the killing of Daunte Wright on April 11, 2021. Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by police officer Kimberly Potter during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, United ...

, April 11 – February 18, 2022, On April 11, police officer Kim Potter fatally shot 20-year-old African-American man Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, near where former police officer

was standing trial for the murder of George Floyd. Protests demanding justice for Wright were met with force by law enforcement, who used tear gas, canisters, and other methods to disperse protesters. Several demonstrations escalated into riots with property damage, looting, and violent clashes between protesters and police. On April 14, shortly after she resigned from the police force, Potter was arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter. In response to the unrest, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey declared a State of Emergency and imposed a citywide curfew amid mass arrests. * 2021 – May 9 – June 2021, amid the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, the United States saw a rise in antisemitism and violence against Jews, as both pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters took to the streets of major U.S. cities. On May 20, in Midtown Manhattan, pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters both took to the streets; the two groups collided and fights broke out. At least 26 people were arrested during the protests on various charges, including obstructing governmental administration, resisting arrest, unlawful assembly, disorderly conduct, and criminal possession of a weapon, according to police. During the violence, anti-semitic attackers beat a Jewish man. Also on May 20 in Bal Harbour, Florida, an SUV carrying four supporters of Palestine drove by a synagogue and threw garbage at a Jewish family. A nearby driver, armed with a gun, witnessed the incident and jumped to the family's defense, chasing the men away. In a separate incident, a man in Miami drove a van painted with Nazi symbolism, Nazi symbols past a pro-Israel demonstration and shouted antisemitic slurs; the man was subsequently arrested and later released. *2021 – Killing of Winston Boogie Smith, Winston Boogie Smith riots, June 3–7, On June 3, at about 2:10 P.M at a parking garage on Lake Street between Fremont and Hennepin Avenues in the Upton district of Minneapolis, a 32-year-old African-American man named Winston Boogie Smith was killed by Hennepin County and Ramsey County Sheriff's Departments deputies who were assisting the US Marshals Service in arresting him. The US Marshals Service stated their reason for arresting him was because he had failed to appear in court on May 19 after being arrested for firearms possession. There is no known video footage of the incident occurring. Both a Ramsey and a Hennepin county deputy were later placed on administrative leave. A crowd gathered after the incident occurred waiting to hear more information pertaining to the incident. During that night a handful of businesses were looted and vandalized. 9 arrests were reported to have been made. On June 13, an SUV drove into a parked car that was shielding protesters and the car was pushed into a crowd, leading to the death of one person and injuring 3 others. On July 8, 2021, a video link was posted on Twitter showing a driver in the Uptown area of Minneapolis "Firing a gun into the air while doing burnouts".

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