List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States
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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, June 20. Anti-government protest by soldiers of the Continental Army against the Congress of the Confederation,
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* 1786 – Shays' Rebellion, August 29, 1786 – February 3, 1787,
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* 1786 – Paper Money Riot, September 20, Exeter, New Hampshire * 1788 – Doctors Mob Riot, New York City * 1791–1794 – Whiskey Rebellion, Western
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(anti-excise tax on whiskey) * 1799 – Fries's Rebellion, 1799–1800, Tax revolt by Pennsylvania Dutch farmers,
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19th century


1800–1849

* 1812 – Baltimore riots, these took place shortly before the War of 1812 * 1824 – Hard Scrabble and Snow Town Riots, 1824 & 1831 respectively,
Providence, RI Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Ba ...
* 1829 – Cincinnati riots of 1829, 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 wi ...
* 1831 – Nat Turner's slave rebellion, August 21–23,
Southampton County, Virginia Southampton County is a county located on the southern border of the Commonwealth of Virginia. North Carolina is to the south. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,996. Its county seat is Courtland. History In the early 17th century ...
* 1834 – Anti-abolitionist riot, New York City * 1834 – Attack on
Canterbury Female Boarding School The Canterbury Female Boarding School, in Canterbury, Connecticut, was operated by its founder, Prudence Crandall, from 1831 to 1834. When townspeople would not allow African-American girls to enroll, Crandall decided to turn it into a school for ...
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Canterbury, Connecticut Canterbury is a New England town, town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 5,045 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. History The area was settled by English colonists in the 1680s as ''Peagscomsuck''. It c ...
* 1835 –
Baltimore bank riot The Baltimore bank riot of 1835 in the major port city of Maryland was a violent reaction to the failure of the Bank of Maryland in 1834. Thousands of citizens had lost millions of dollars in savings. The riot, which lasted from 6 to 9 August, at ...
, 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 The Noyes Academy was a racially integrated school, which also admitted women, founded by New England abolitionists in 1835 in Canaan, New Hampshire, near Dartmouth College, whose then-abolitionist president, Nathan Lord, was "the only seated ...
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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 v ...
* 1835–1836 –
Toledo War The Toledo War (1835–36), also known as the Michigan–Ohio War or the Ohio–Michigan War, was an almost bloodless boundary dispute between the U.S. state of Ohio and the adjoining territory of Michigan over what is now known as the Toledo ...
, a boundary dispute between states of
Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
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Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
* 1836 –
Cincinnati Riots of 1836 The Cincinnati riots of 1836 were caused by racial tensions at a time when African Americans, some of whom had escaped from slavery in the Southern United States, were competing with whites for jobs. The racial riots occurred in Cincinnati, Ohio, Un ...
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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 wi ...
* 1837 – Flour Riots, New York City * 1837 – Murder of
Elijah Lovejoy Elijah Parish Lovejoy (November 9, 1802 – November 7, 1837) was an American Presbyterian minister, journalist, newspaper editor, and abolitionist. Following his murder by a mob, he became a martyr to the abolitionist cause opposing slavery ...
* 1838 – Burning of Pennsylvania Hall * 1839 – Honey War,
Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...
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Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
border * 1839 –
Anti-Rent War The Anti-Rent War (also known as the Helderberg War) was a tenants' revolt in upstate New York in the period 1839–1845. The Anti-Renters declared their independence from the manor system run by patroons, resisting tax collectors and successfu ...
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Hudson Valley The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York. The region stretches from the Capital District including Albany and Troy south to ...
, New York * 1841 –
Dorr Rebellion The Dorr Rebellion (1841–1842) (also referred to as Dorr's Rebellion, Dorr's War or Dorr War) was an attempt by disenfranchised residents to force broader democracy in the U.S. state of Rhode Island, where a small rural elite was in control of ...
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Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it ...
* 1841 – Cincinnati Riots of 1841, early September,
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 wi ...
* 1842 – Lombard Street Riot, (a.k.a. the Abolition Riots), August 1, Philadelphia * 1842 – Muncy Abolition riot of 1842 * 1844 – Philadelphia Nativist Riots, May 6–8, July 6–7, Philadelphia (anti-Catholic) * 1845 – Milwaukee Bridge War * 1849 –
Astor Place riot Astor may refer to: People * Astor (surname) * Astor family, a wealthy 18th-century American family who became prominent in 20th-century British politics * Astor Bennett, a character in the Showtime television series ''Dexter'' * Ástor Piazzoll ...
, May 10, New York City, (anti-British)


1850–1859

* 1851 –
Christiana Riot The Christiana Riot, also known as Christiana Resistance, Christiana Tragedy, or Christiana incident, was the successful armed resistance by free Blacks and escaped slaves to a raid led by a federal marshal to recover four escaped slaves owned b ...
, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania * 1853 – Cincinnati Riot of 1853,
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 wi ...
* 1855 – Cincinnati riots of 1855 * 1855 – Lager Beer Riot, April 21,
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* 1855 –
Portland Rum Riot The Portland Rum Riot, also called the Maine Law Riot, was a brief but violent period of civil unrest that occurred in Portland, Maine on June 2, 1855, in response to the Maine law which prohibited the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the state ...
, June 2,
Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. The Greater Portland metropolitan area is home to over half a million people, the 104th-largest metropo ...
* 1855 –
Bloody Monday Bloody Monday was a series of riots on August 6, 1855, in Louisville, Kentucky, an election day, when Protestant mobs attacked Irish and German Catholic neighborhoods. These riots grew out of the bitter rivalry between the Democrats and the Nat ...
, Know-Nothing Party riot, August 6,
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(anti-immigration) * 1855 – Detroit brothel riots, 1855–1859,
Detroit, Michigan Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...
Detroit Free Press' "The Detroit Almanac", 2001 * 1856 – Sacking of Lawrence, Kansas, May 21, 1856, when
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settlers, led by Douglas County Sheriff Samuel J. Jones, attacked and ransacked Lawrence, Kansas, founded by antislavery settlers from Massachusetts hoping to make Kansas a free state. The incident fueled the irregular conflict in Kansas Territory that later became known as
Bleeding Kansas Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas, or the Border War was a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859. It emerged from a political and ideological debate over the ...
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Battle of Seattle (1856) The Battle of Seattle was a January 26, 1856 attack by Native American tribesmen upon Seattle, Washington. Walt Crowley and David WilmaNative Americans attack Seattle on January 26, 1856 HistoryLink.org, February 15, 2003. Retrieved November 2, ...
, Jan 26, Attack by Native American tribesmen upon
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. * 1856 – Pottawatomie massacre, May 24, Franklin County, Kansas * 1856 – Know-Nothing Riot of 1856,
Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, and List of United States cities by popula ...
* 1856 –
San Francisco Vigilance Movement The San Francisco Committee of Vigilance was a vigilante group formed in 1851. The catalyst for its formation was the criminality of the Sydney Ducks gang. It was revived in 1856 in response to rampant crime and corruption in the municipal govern ...
, San Francisco, California * 1857 – Know-Nothing Riot, June 1,
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(anti-immigration) * 1857 – New York City Police Riot, June 16, New York City * 1857 – Dead Rabbits Riot, July 4–5, New York City * 1858 – Know-Nothing Riot 1858,
New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
* 1859 – John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, October 16,
Harpers Ferry, Virginia Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, Jefferson County, West Virginia. It is located in the lower Shenandoah Valley. The population was 285 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Situated at the confluence o ...


1860–1869

* 1861–1865:
American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...
, April 12 – 9, United States *1861 –
Baltimore Riot of 1861 The Baltimore riot of 1861 (also called the "Pratt Street Riots" and the "Pratt Street Massacre") was a civil conflict on Friday, April 19, 1861, on Pratt Street, in Baltimore, Maryland. It occurred between antiwar "Copperhead" Democrats (the l ...
, April 19, (a.k.a. the Pratt Street Riot),
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* 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, August 12,
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* 1863 – Detroit race riot of 1863, March 6 * 1863 –
Southern bread riots The Southern bread riots were events of civil unrest in the Confederacy during the American Civil War, perpetrated mostly by women in March and April 1863. During these riots, which occurred in cities throughout the South, hungry women and men ...
, April 2, Riots which broke out in the South during the Civil War due to food shortages throughout the
Confederate States of America The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States or the Confederacy was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865. The Confeder ...
* 1863 – Battle of Fort Fizzle, June, also known as the Holmes County Draft Riots, active resistance to the draft during the Civil War,
Holmes County, Ohio Holmes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,223. Its county seat is Millersburg. The county was formed in 1824 from portions of Coshocton, Tuscarawas and Wayne counties and organize ...
* 1863 –
New York City draft riots The New York City draft riots (July 13–16, 1863), sometimes referred to as the Manhattan draft riots and known at the time as Draft Week, were violent disturbances in Lower Manhattan, widely regarded as the culmination of white working-cla ...
, July 13–16, (anti-draft) * 1864 –
Charleston Riot The Charleston riot occurred on March 28, 1864, in Charleston, Illinois, after Union soldiers and local Republicans clashed with local insurgent Democrats known as Copperheads. By the time the riot had subsided, nine were dead and twelve had ...
, March 28,
Charleston, Illinois Charleston is a city in, and the county seat of, Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 17,286, as of the 2020 census. The city is home to Eastern Illinois University and has close ties with its neighbor, Mattoon. Both are ...
* 1865 – April 1-3, 1865 Burning of Richmond The endgame of the Civil War * 1866 –
Memphis Riots of 1866 The Memphis massacre of 1866 was a series of violent events that occurred from May 1 to 3, 1866 in Memphis, Tennessee. The racial violence was ignited by political and social racism following the American Civil War, in the early stages of Reco ...
, May 1–3, Race riot that broke out during Reconstruction,
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* 1866 –
New Orleans riot The New Orleans Massacre of 1866 occurred on July 30, when a peaceful demonstration of mostly Black Freedmen was set upon by a mob of white rioters, many of whom had been soldiers of the recently defeated Confederate States of America, leading t ...
, July 30,
New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
* 1867 – 1867 Franklin riot, July 10,
Franklin, Tennessee Franklin is a city in and county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. About south of Nashville, it is one of the principal cities of the Nashville metropolitan area and Middle Tennessee. As of 2020, its population was 83,454 ...
* 1867 – 1867 Rogersville riot, July 26,
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* 1868 – Pulaski Riot,
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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
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* 1870 – Mamaroneck Riot, 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 The Orange Riots took place in Manhattan, New York City, in 1870 and 1871, and they involved violent conflict between Irish Protestants who were members of the Orange Order and hence called "Orangemen", and Irish Catholics, along with the New ...
* 1871 – Meridian race riot of 1871, March, Meridian, Mississippi * 1871 – Los Angeles anti-Chinese riot,
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* 1873 – Colfax massacre, April 13,
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* 1874 – Coushatta massacre, August, An attack by the
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Coushatta, Louisiana Coushatta is a town in, and the parish seat of, rural Red River Parish in north Louisiana, United States. It is situated on the east bank of the Red River. The community is approximately 45 miles south of Shreveport on U.S. Highway 71. The popula ...
* 1874 – Election Riot of 1874,
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* 1874 – Tompkins Square Riot, New York City * 1874 – Battle of Liberty Place, New Orléans, Louisiana * 1876 – South Carolina civil disturbances of 1876,
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* 1877 – Widespread rioting occurred across the US as part of the
Great Railroad Strike of 1877 The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, sometimes referred to as the Great Upheaval, began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) cut wages for the third time in a year. This strike finally ended 52 day ...
: ** Baltimore railroad strike in
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** Chicago railroad strike of 1877, Chicago, IL ** Philadelphia Railroad Strike,
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** Pittsburgh Railway Riots, in
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** Reading Railroad massacre, Reading, Pennsylvania ** Saint Louis general strike, July,
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** Scranton General Strike, in
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** Shamokin uprising,
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* 1877 – San Francisco Riot of 1877


1880–1889

* 1880 – 1880 Garret Mountain May Day riot, May 1, Paterson, New Jersey * 1882 – Greenwood, New York, insurrection of 1882 * 1884 –
Cincinnati riots of 1884 The Cincinnati riots of 1884, also known as the Cincinnati Courthouse riots, were caused by public outrage over the decision of a jury to return a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder. A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, Unit ...
, March 28–30,
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* 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,
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* 1886 –
Haymarket riot The Haymarket affair, also known as the Haymarket massacre, the Haymarket riot, the Haymarket Square riot, or the Haymarket Incident, was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in ...
, May 4,
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* 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.
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* 1887 – Reservoir war, April 25; a minor insurrection against the State of Ohio to destroy a canal feeder reservoir and other canal infrastructure.
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* 1887 – Thibodaux Massacre, November 22–25; a racial attack mounted by white paramilitary groups in Thibodaux, Louisiana in November 1887
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* 1888 – Jaybird-Woodpecker War, 1888–90, two factions of Democratic Party fight for control,
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* 1889 – 1889 Forrest City riot, May 18,
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* 1889 – 1889 Jesup riot, December 25,
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1890–1899

* 1891 – Hennessy Affair,
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* 1892 –
Homestead strike The Homestead strike, also known as the Homestead steel strike, Homestead massacre, or Battle of Homestead, was an industrial lockout and strike that began on July 1, 1892, culminating in a battle in which strikers defeated private security age ...
, July 6, 1892,
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* 1892–1893 – Mitcham War,
Clarke County, Alabama Clarke County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,087. The county seat is Grove Hill. The county's largest city is Jackson. The county was created by the l ...
* 1894 – May Day riots of 1894, May 1, Cleveland, Ohio * 1894 – American Railway Union striking Pullman factory workers near
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* 1894 –
Pullman strike The Pullman Strike was two interrelated strikes in 1894 that shaped national labor policy in the United States during a period of deep economic depression. First came a strike by the American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman factory in Chi ...
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,
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* 1897 –
Lattimer massacre The Lattimer massacre was the violent deaths of at least 19 unarmed striking immigrant anthracite miners at the Lattimer mine near Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States, on September 10, 1897.Anderson, John W. ''Transitions: From Eastern Europ ...
, September 1897, near Hazleton, Pennsylvania *1898 – 1898 Tampa riot, June 6–7,
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* 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,
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* 1898 – Wilmington insurrection, November 10,
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* 1899 – Pana riot, April 10, Coal mine labor conflict; 7 killed, 6 wounded, Pana, Illinois * 1899 – Coeur d'Alene, Idaho labor confrontation of 1899


20th century


1900–1909

* 1900 – Akron Riot of 1900,
Akron, Ohio Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 Census, the city prop ...
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New Orleans Riot The New Orleans Massacre of 1866 occurred on July 30, when a peaceful demonstration of mostly Black Freedmen was set upon by a mob of white rioters, many of whom had been soldiers of the recently defeated Confederate States of America, leading t ...
* 1900 – 1900 Liberty County riot, August 18,
Liberty County, Georgia Liberty County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population is 65,256. The county seat is Hinesville. Liberty County is part of the Hinesville, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included ...
* 1900 – New York City Race Riot * 1901 – Denver Riots,
Denver, Colorado Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...
* 1901 – Pierce City Riots,
Pierce City, Missouri Pierce City, formerly Peirce City, is a city in southwest Lawrence and northwest Barry counties, in southwest Missouri, United States. The population was 1,292 at the 2010 census. In 2010, the town annexed property along Route 97 into Barry Coun ...
* 1902 – Liverpool Riots,
Denver, Colorado Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...
* 1903 – Colorado Labor Wars, 1903–1904 * 1903 – Anthracite Coal Strike, Eastern
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, ...
* 1903 – Evansville Race Riot,
Evansville, Indiana Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city in ...
* 1903 – Motormen's Riot, Richmond, Virginia * 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. Chicago, IL * 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 * 1906 – Atlanta Race Riot,
Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,7 ...
* 1907 – Bellingham riots,
Bellingham, Washington Bellingham ( ) is the most populous city in, and county seat of Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It lies south of the U.S.–Canada border in between two major cities of the Pacific Northwest: Vancouver, British Columbia (loc ...
* 1908 – Springfield Race Riot, Springfield, Illinois * 1909 – Greek Town riot, February 21,
South Omaha, Nebraska South Omaha is a former city and current district of Omaha, Nebraska, United States. During its initial development phase the town's nickname was "The Magic City" because of the seemingly overnight growth, due to the rapid development of the Union S ...


1910–1919

* 1910 – Johnson–Jeffries riots * 1910–1919 –
Bandit War The Bandit War, or Bandit Wars, was a series of raids in Texas that started in 1915 and finally culminated in 1919. They were carried out by Mexican rebels from the states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Chihuahua. Prior to 1914, the Carrancistas ha ...
Southern
Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
* 1910 –
Philadelphia general strike (1910) The General Strike of 1910 was a labor strike by tram, trolley workers of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company that grew to a citywide riot and general strike in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.''The New York Times'', February 21, 1910.Mob Rule in Ph ...
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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, ...
* 1912 – Lawrence textile strike, Lawrence, Massachusetts (January to March) * 1912 – Grabow riot (July 7) * 1913 – Wheatland Riot, August 3, Wheatland, California * 1913 – Paterson silk strike, February 25 – July 28 Paterson, New Jersey * 1913 – Copper Country Strike of 1913–1914, Calumet, Michigan * 1913 –
Colorado Coalfield War The Colorado Coalfield War was a major labor uprising in the Southern and Central Colorado Front Range between September 1913 and December 1914. Striking began in late summer 1913, organized by the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) agai ...
, September 23 – April 29, 1914, Southern
Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
* 1913 – Indianapolis streetcar strike of 1913, October 30 – November 7,
Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Mari ...
* 1914 – Ludlow massacre, April 20, Ludlow, Colorado * 1916 – Preparedness Day bombing, July 22,
San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
* 1916 –
Everett massacre The Everett Massacre (also known as Bloody Sunday) was an armed confrontation between local authorities and members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union, commonly called "Wobblies". It took place in Everett, Washington on Sunday, ...
, November 5, Everett, Washington * 1917 – Bath riots, January 28–30,
El Paso, Texas El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the county seat, seat of El Paso County, Texas, El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau w ...
* 1917 – East St. Louis Race Riots, July 2, St. Louis, Missouri &
East St. Louis, Illinois East St. Louis is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois. It is directly across the Mississippi River from Downtown St. Louis, Missouri and the Gateway Arch National Park. East St. Louis is in the Metro-East region of Southern Illinois. Once a b ...
* 1917 – Chester race riot, July 25–29,
Chester, Pennsylvania Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located within the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, it is the only city in Delaware County and had a population of 32,605 as of the 2020 census. Incorporated in 1682, Chester i ...
* 1917 – Springfield Vigilante Riot,
Springfield, Missouri Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. The city's population was 169,176 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area, which had an estimat ...
* 1917 – Green Corn Rebellion, August 3, A brief popular uprising advocating for the rural poor and against military conscription,
Central Oklahoma Central Oklahoma is the geographical name for the central region of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is also known by the Oklahoma Department of Tourism designation, Frontier Country, defined as the twelve-county region including Canadian, Grady, ...
* 1917 – Houston Race riot, August 23, Houston, Texas * 1917 – St. Paul Streetcar Riots, October and December, St. Paul, Minnesota * 1918 – Detroit trolley riot,
Detroit, Michigan Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...
* 1919 –
Seattle General Strike The Seattle General Strike of 1919 was a five-day general work stoppage by more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington from February 6 to 11. Dissatisfied workers in several unions began the strike to gain higher wages, after t ...
, February 6–11,
Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region ...
* 1919 – May Day Riots, May 1, Cleveland, Ohio,
Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
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New York City 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 Un ...
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New York (state) New York, officially the State of New York, is a state in the Northeastern United States. It is often called New York State to distinguish it from its largest city, New York City. With a total area of , New York is the 27th-largest U.S. stat ...
* 1919 –
Red Summer Red Summer was a period in mid-1919 during which white supremacist terrorism and racial riots occurred in more than three dozen cities across the United States, and in one rural county in Arkansas. The term "Red Summer" was coined by civi ...
, white riots against blacks ** Blakeley, Georgia (February 8) **
Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos ...
(March 14) **
Morgan County, West Virginia Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,063. Its county seat is Berkeley Springs. The county was formed in 1820 from parts of Hampshire and Berkeley Counties and named ...
(April 10) **
Jenkins County, Georgia Jenkins County is a county located in the southeastern area of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,674. The county seat is Millen. The county was created on August 17, 1905, and named after the 44th Governo ...
(April 13) ** Charleston, South Carolina (May 10) **
Sylvester, Georgia Sylvester is the county seat of Worth County, Georgia, United States. The population was 6,188 at the 2010 and at 5,865 (2019) census. The city is the county seat and business center of Worth County and is claimed to be the ''Peanut Capital of th ...
(May 10) **
New London, Connecticut New London is a seaport city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States, located at the mouth of the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut. It was one of the world's three busiest whaling ports for several decade ...
(May 29) **
Putnam County, Georgia Putnam County is a County (United States), county located in the Central Georgia, central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the population was 21,218. The county seat is ...
(May 27–29) **
Monticello, Mississippi Monticello is a town in and the county seat of Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,571 at the 2010 census. Geography Monticello is in central Lawrence County, on the west side of the Pearl River. U.S. Route 84 run ...
(May 31) ** Memphis, Tennessee (June 13) **
New London, Connecticut New London is a seaport city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States, located at the mouth of the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut. It was one of the world's three busiest whaling ports for several decade ...
(June 13) ** Annapolis, Maryland (June 27) **
Macon, Mississippi Macon is a city in Noxubee County, Mississippi along the Noxubee River. The population was 2,768 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Noxubee County. History In 1817, Jackson's Military Road was built at the urging of Andrew Jackson to ...
(June 27) **
Bisbee, Arizona Bisbee is a city in and the county seat of Cochise County in southeastern Arizona, United States. It is southeast of Tucson and north of the Mexican border. According to the 2020 census, the population of the town was 4,923, down from 5,575 ...
(July 3) ** Dublin, Georgia (July 6) **
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 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 ...
(July 7) **
Coatesville, Pennsylvania Coatesville is a city in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,350 at the 2020 census. Coatesville is approximately 39 miles west of Philadelphia. It developed along the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike beginning ...
(July 8) **
Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tuscaloosa ( ) is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal and Piedmont plains meet. Alabama's fifth-largest city, it had an estimated population o ...
(July 9) **
Longview, Texas Longview is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and county seat of Gregg County; a small part of Longview extends into the western portion of neighboring Harrison County. Longview is located in East Texas, where Interstate 20 and U.S. Highways ...
(July 10–12) **
Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Mari ...
(July 14) ** Port Arthur, Texas (July 15) **
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(July 19–24) ** Norfolk, Virginia (July 21) ** (July 23) **
Darby, Pennsylvania Darby is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough is located along Darby Creek southwest of Center City Philadelphia. The borough of Darby is distinct from the nearby municipality of Darby Township. History Darby ...
(July 23) ** Hobson City, Alabama (July 26) **
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(July 27 – August 3) ** Newberry, South Carolina (July 28) ** Bloomington, Illinois (July 31) ** Syracuse, New York (July 31) **
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 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 ...
(July 31) ** Hattiesburg, Mississippi (August 4) ** Texarkana, Texas riot of 1919 (August 6) ** New York, New York (August 21) **
Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state' ...
(August 30) ** Ellenton, South Carolina (September 15–21) **
Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...
(September 28–29) **
Elaine, Arkansas Elaine is a small town in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States, in the Arkansas Delta region of the Mississippi River. The population was 636 at the 2010 census. The city is best known as the location of the Elaine massacre of September 30 ...
(October 1–2) **
Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, and List of United States cities by popula ...
(October 1–2) **
Corbin, Kentucky Corbin is a home rule in the United States, home rule-class list of Kentucky cities, city in Whitley County, Kentucky, Whitley, Knox County, Kentucky, Knox and Laurel County, Kentucky, Laurel counties in the southeastern portion of the U.S. stat ...
(October 31, 1919) ** Wilmington, Delaware (November 13) * 1919 – Annapolis riot of 1919, June 27, Annapolis, Maryland * 1919 – Boston Police Strike, September 9–11,
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* 1919 – Steel Strike of 1919, September 22 – January 8
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, ...
*1919 – Coal Strike of 1919, November 1 – December 10
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, ...
* 1919 – Centralia Massacre, November 11,
Centralia, Washington Centralia () is a city in Lewis County, Washington, United States. It is located along Interstate 5 near the midpoint between Seattle and Portland, Oregon. The city had a population of 18,183 at the 2020 census. Centralia is twinned with Ch ...


1920–1929

* 1920 – 1920 Lexington riots, Feb 20,
Lexington, KY Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County. By population, it is the second-largest city in Kentucky and 57th-largest city in the United States. By land area, it is the country's 28th-larges ...
* 1920 –
Battle of Matewan The Battle of Matewan (also known as the Matewan massacre) was a shootout in the town of Matewan in Mingo County and the Pocahontas Coalfield mining district, in southern West Virginia. It occurred on May 19, 1920 between local coal miners a ...
, May 20,
Matewan, West Virginia Matewan () is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and Mate Creek. The population was 499 at the 2010 census. The Norfolk Southern Railway's Pocahontas District passes through the town. It ...
* 1920 – Ocoee massacre, November 2–3,
Ocoee, Florida Ocoee () is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. According to the 2019 US Census population estimate, the city had a population of 48,263. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Hist ...
* 1921 –
Tulsa Race Massacre The Tulsa race massacre, also known as the Tulsa race riot or the Black Wall Street massacre, was a two-day-long massacre that took place between May 31 – June 1, 1921, when mobs of white residents, some of whom had been appointed as deput ...
, May 31 – June 1,
Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...
* 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 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 Un ...
, New York * 1922 – Perry race riot, December 14–15, Perry, Florida * 1923 – Rosewood Massacre, January 1–7, Rosewood, Florida * 1925 – Ossian Sweet incident, September,
Detroit, Michigan Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...
* 1927 – Yakima Valley Anti-Filipino Riot, November 8–11, Yakima, Washington, Yakima Valley * 1927 – Columbine Mine Massacre, November 21, Serene, Colorado * 1929 – Loray Mill strike, Gastonia, North Carolina, Gastonia,
North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...


1930–1939

* 1930 – Watsonville Riots, January 19–23, Watsonville, California * 1931 – Battle of Evarts, May 5, Harlan County, Kentucky * 1931 – 1931 Chicago housing protests, The Housing Protests, August 3,
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* 1931 – Hawaii Riot, 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, Ford River Rouge Complex, River Rouge plant, Dearborn, Michigan * 1934 – Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, Minneapolis, Minnesota * 1934 – Auto-Lite strike, April 4 – June 3, the "Battle of Toledo" riot, Toledo, Ohio * 1934 – 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike, May 9 – October 12, San Francisco Bay Area, California; Portland, Oregon;
Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region ...
* 1934 – Textile workers strike (1934) * 1934 – Detroit World Series riot, October 10,
Detroit, Michigan Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...
* 1935 – Harlem Riot of 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 in U.S. History. Terre Haute, Indiana * 1937 – Flint Sit-Down Strike, General Motors' Fisher Body Plant, Flint, Michigan * 1937 – Battle of the Overpass, May 26, Dearborn, Michigan * 1937 – Memorial Day massacre of 1937, Republic Steel Strike, May 30,
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1940–1949

* 1942 – Sojourner Truth Project#Sojourner Truth riot, Sojourner Truth Homes Riot, February 28,
Detroit, Michigan Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...
* 1943 – Beaumont race riot of 1943, June, Beaumont, Texas * 1943 – Zoot Suit Riots, July 3,
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(anti-Hispanic and anti-zoot suit) * 1943 – Detroit race riot of 1943, June 20–21,
Detroit, Michigan Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...
* 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,
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* 1947 – Fernwood Park race riot, mid-August, Fernwood, Chicago, IL * 1949 – Fairground Park riot, June 21, St. Louis Missouri * 1949 – Anacostia Pool Riot, June 29, Anacostia, Washington, D.C. * 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, July 12, Cicero, Illinois * 1956 – Mansfield School Integration Incident 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 riot, May 13, Students protest House Un-American Activities Committee hearings, 12 injured, 64 arrested,
San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
* 1960 – Newport Jazz Festival#1960s, Newport Jazz Festival Riot, July 2, Newport, Rhode Island * 1960 – El Cajon Boulevard Riot, August 20, San Diego, California * 1960 – Ax Handle Saturday, August 27, Jacksonville, Florida * 1962 – Ole Miss riot 1962, September 3 – October 1, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi * 1963 – Birmingham riot of 1963, May 11, Birmingham, Alabama * 1963 – Cambridge riot 1963, June 14, Cambridge, Maryland * 1964 – Chester school protests, April 2–26,
Chester, Pennsylvania Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located within the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, it is the only city in Delaware County and had a population of 32,605 as of the 2020 census. Incorporated in 1682, Chester i ...
* 1964 – 1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests June thru August, St. Augustine, Florida * 1964 – The July 16 killing of Harlem riot of 1964#Killing of James Powell, James Powell by police in the Yorkville, Manhattan, Yorkville neighborhood just south of East Harlem 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, 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 – Timeline of racial tension in Omaha, Nebraska#1950 to 2000, Omaha riot of 1966, July 2, Omaha, Nebraska * 1966 – 1966 Chicago West Side Riots, 1966 Chicago West-Side riots, July 12–15, Chicago, Illinois *1966 – 1966 New York City riots, July 14–20,
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, New York, 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, Cleveland, Ohio * 1966 – Compton's Cafeteria riot, Compton's Cafeteria Riot, August, San Francisco, California *1966 – Perth Amboy riots, 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 rallies#Chicago Freedom Movement, Marquette Park housing march, August 5, Chicago, Illinois * 1966 – Waukegan Riot of 1966, Waukegan riot, August 27, Waukegan, Illinois * 1966 – Benton Harbor riots, August 30 – September 4, Benton Harbor, Michigan * 1966 – 1966 Dayton race riot, September 1, Dayton, Ohio * 1966 – Summerhill and Vine City Riots, September 6–8
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* 1966 – Hunters Point social uprising (1966), Hunters Point social uprising, September 27 – October 1 San Francisco, California * 1966 – 1966 Clearwater riot, October 31, Clearwater, Florida *1966 – Sunset Strip curfew riots, 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,
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** 1967 – 1967 Massillion riot, April 17, Massillon, Ohio, 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, Houston, Texas ** 1967 – John F. Collins#Grove Hall riots and race relations, 1967 Boston riot, June 2–5,
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** 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 – History of Tampa, Florida#1967 riots, Tampa riot of 1967, June 11–14,
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** 1967 – Avondale, Cincinnati#Riots of 1967, Avondale riots, June 12–15, Cincinnati,
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**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, June 17–20, Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia ** 1967 – Buffalo riot of 1967, June 27,
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**1967 – 1967 Waterloo riots, 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, Kansas City, Missouri, 1 person was injured and 11 arrested. ** 1967 – 1967 Newark riots, July 12–17, Newark, New Jersey ** 1967 – 1967 Hartford riot, July 14, Hartford, Connecticut ** 1967 – 1967 Plainfield riots, 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 – Racial unrest in Cairo, Illinois, Cairo riot, July 17, Cairo, Illinois **1967 – 1967 New Brunswick riots, July 17–18, New Brunswick, New Jersey, riots began after a group of roughly 200 African-American teenagers protested against unfair treatment in local public schools, unemployment, the closing of a social club and long-term police brutality. Protesters looted stores in the city's business district, specifically targeting those considered to treat black customers unfairly. By 2 AM 32 adults and 18 juveniles, all of them black, had been arrested for looting, possession of stolen property, carrying weapons, and loitering. In response, Mayor Patricia Sheehan declared a 10 PM curfew. On June 18, a crowd of 200 people gathered where 75 heavily armed police officers were barricading a route to the downtown business district. The protesters promised to disperse once the police were removed, and they did. **1967 – 1967 Minneapolis Riot, 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, July 22–25, East Harlem & South Bronx,
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, 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 – Lima riots, 1967 Lima riots, July 23–26, Lima, Ohio 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, July 23–29,
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** 1967 – Cambridge riot of 1967, July 24, a.k.a. the H. Rap Brown riot, Cambridge, Maryland ** 1967 – 1967 Waukegan riots, July 24–25, Waukegan, Illinois **1967 – 1967 Grand Rapids riot, July 25–27, Grand Rapids, Michigan, a riot began following the Grand Rapids Police Department, 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. George W. Romney, 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, 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, Rockford, Illinois, 11 people injured and 44 arrested. ** 1967 – Albina Riot of 1967, July 30, Portland, Oregon ** 1967 – 1967 Milwaukee riots, Milwaukee riot, July 30,
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** 1967 – 1967 Riviera Beach riot, July 30–31, Riviera Beach, Florida, 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 Police, 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#March 28 riot and police shooting of Larry Payne, Memphis sanitation strike riot, March 28,
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* 1968 – King assassination riots, Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4,
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, precipitates all April 4–14 riots, including: ** 1968 – 1968 Detroit riot, April 4–5,
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** 1968 – 1968 New York City riots, 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, 1968 Washington, D.C. riots, April 4–8, Washington, D.C. **1968 – 1968 Boston riots, April 4–9,
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, 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, West Side Riots, April 5–7,
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** 1968 – 1968 Norfolk riots, April 5–10, Norfolk, Virginia ** 1968 – 1968 Pittsburgh riots, April 5–11,
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** 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,
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** 1968 – Avondale, Cincinnati#Riots of 1968, Avondale riot of 1968, April 8,
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** 1968 – 1968 Kansas City riot, April 9, Kansas City, Missouri ** 1968 – Wilmington riot of 1968, Wilmington Riot of 1968, April 9–10, Wilmington, Delaware ** 1968 – Trenton, New Jersey#Riots of 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,
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* 1968 – 1968 Paterson riots, July 2–7, Paterson, New Jersey riots began following rumors a man was killed by the police while being arrested. 150 people were arrested and 86 cases of arson reported. *1968 – 1968 Coney Islands Riots, July 19–22, Coney Island,
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, New York, 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 – Crime in Akron, Ohio#Wooster Avenue riots of 1968, Akron riot, July 17–23,
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* 1968 – Glenville Shootout, July 23–28, Cleveland, Ohio * 1968 – 1968 Richmond riots. July 25–30, Richmond, California 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, August 7–8, Miami, Florida * 1968 – 1968 Democratic National Convention protests, including the police riots of August 27–28,
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* 1969 – Zip to Zap riot, May 9–11, Zap, North Dakota * 1969 – People's Park (Berkeley), People's Park Riots, May, Berkeley, California * 1969 – 1969 Greensboro uprising, May 21–25, Greensboro, North Carolina * 1969 – Racial unrest in Cairo, Illinois, Cairo disorders, May–December, Cairo, Illinois * 1969 – Stonewall riots, 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, Weatherman (organization), 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 Antonia Martínez, one killed, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico *1970 – Coachella Riots, April 5, Coachella, California, started after a Brown Berets, Brown Beret 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 shootings, Kent State riots/shootings, May 4, 1970, four killed, Kent, Ohio * 1970 – New Haven Green Disorders, Yale University, May 1970, New Haven, Connecticut * 1970 – 1970 Augusta riot, 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 – History of the Yosemite area#Since the late 1960s, Stoneman Meadow Riot, July 4, 1970, Yosemite, California * 1970 – 1970 Asbury Park race riots, July 4–10, Asbury Park, New Jersey * 1970 – 1970 Memorial Park riot, August 24–27, Royal Oak, Michigan * 1970 – Sterling Hall bombing, Univ. of Wisc., August 24, one killed, Madison, Wisconsin * 1970 – Chicano Moratorium riot, August 29, Los Angeles, California * 1971 – Wilmington Ten#Arson at Mike's Grocery and trial, 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 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, Oxnard, California, Colonia, California 38 people arrested. * 1971 – Camden Riots of 1971, Camden riots, August 1971, Camden, New Jersey * 1971 – Santa Fe Fiestas riot, September 7, 1971, Santa Fe, 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 riots, Attica Prison uprising, September 9–13, at least 39 killed, Attica, New York *1972 – Pharr riots, 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. New York, New York * 1974 – SLA Shootout, May 17, Los Angeles, California * 1974 – Baltimore police strike, July, Baltimore, Maryland * 1974 – Boston desegregation busing crisis, Boston desegregation busing riots: at least 40 riots throughout Boston, Massachusetts from September 1974 through September 1976. * 1975 – Livernois–Fenkell riot, July 1975, Detroit, Michigan * 1976 – Escambia High School riots, February 5, Pensacola, Florida * 1976 – Marquette Park rallies#1976 clashes, Marquette Park unrest, June–August, Chicago, Illinois * 1977 – Humboldt Park riot, June 5–6, Chicago, Illinois * 1977 – New York City blackout of 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, May 5, 1978, Houston, Texas * 1979 – Herman Hill riot, April 15, Wichita, Kansas * 1979 – White Night riots, 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 (United States), Communist Workers Party and members of the Ku Klux Klan 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 (Miami), Overtown section of Miami. Miami, Florida * 1984 – Tower Hill riot, Lawrence, Massachusetts * 1985 – Philadelphia]
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to fire (May 13, 1985) * 1986 – Marquette Park rallies#1986, Marquette Park KKK rally, June 28, Chicago, Illinois *1987 – 1987 Tampa riots, Tampa, Florida * 1988 – Tompkins Square Park riot (1988), Tompkins Square Park riot, August 6–7,
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* 1988 – Cedar Grove, Shreveport, Louisiana * 1989 – 1989 Miami riot, 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,
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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 riots, 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, 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 – 1992 Los Angeles riots, L.A. Rodney King riots, April–May 1992, Los Angeles, California * 1992 – West Las Vegas riots, April 29, Las Vegas, Nevada * 1992 – 1992 Washington Heights riots, 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, April 1999, East Lansing, Michigan * 1999 – Woodstock 1999#Violence, Woodstock '99 music festival incident, July 1999, Rome, New York * 1999 – WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 protest activity, WTO Meeting of 1999, "The Battle of Seattle", November 1999, Seattle, Washington


21st century


2000–2009

* 2000 – Elián González affair, Miami, Florida * 2000 - Firing of Bob Knight, 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, June 11, Central Park, New York City * 2000 – Brooks Brothers riot, November 22, Miami-Dade County, Florida * 2001 – Seattle Mardi Gras riot, February 27,
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* 2001 – 2001 Cincinnati Riots, 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, 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 – Crime in Akron, Ohio#Riot of 2009, Akron riots, March 14, 2009, 7 arrested; and July 2009, unknown number arrested, Akron, Ohio * 2009 – 2009 G20 Pittsburgh summit protests, September 24–25, 193 arrested


2010–2019

* 2010 – James Madison University#Community relations, Springfest riot, April 10 * 2010 – 2010 Santa Cruz riots, 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 – 2011 Wisconsin protests, Madison Occupation. Protestors storm and occupy the Wisconsin state capitol building for 18 days. * 2011 – Occupy Wall Street (Brooklyn Bridge protests). * 2011 – Occupy Oakland Oakland protests riots. October. * 2012 – Kentucky Wildcats supporters in Lexington, Kentucky * 2012 – NATO 2012 Chicago Summit, May. * 2012 – Anaheim police shooting and protests, July 28. * 2013 – Flatbush Riots, 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, Missouri, Ferguson and St. Louis,
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, August 10 and November 24. Following Shooting of Michael Brown, 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, November–December, * 2014 – Berkeley, Missouri, December 23–24. Shooting of Antonio Martin, Antonio Martin is shot to death by police in a St. Louis suburb nearby to Ferguson * 2015 – 2015 Baltimore protests, April 25–28 following the Killing of Freddie Gray, death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. * 2015 – St. Louis, Missouri, August 19. Conflict with police following fatal shooting by SLMPD, St. Louis police officers of a black teenager Shooting of Mansur Ball-Bey, 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 – 2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, March 11. * 2016 – Democracy Spring rally in April. March to Washington D.C. and sit-ins lead to arrests. * 2016 – 2016 Sacramento riot, 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 – 2016 Milwaukee riots, Milwaukee riots, Sherman Park, August 13–15.
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, sparked by the fatal police shooting of 23-year-old Sylville Smith. * 2016 – 2016 Charlotte riot, 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, 411 protesters arrested. * 2016 – Anti-Trump protests, November 9–2 * 2017 – Berkeley, California, February 1, civil unrest ensued at UC Berkeley * 2017 – 2017 Anaheim, California protests, Anaheim, California protests, February 21, protesters demonstrated after a police officer grabbed a 13-year-old boy and fired a single shot. * 2017 – International Workers' Day, May Day, in Olympia, Washington and Portland, Oregon, protestors demonstrated for workers rights. * 2017 – 2017 Unite the Right rally, Unite the Right rally, Charlottesville, Virginia, August 11–12, opposition to the Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials, removal of a statue of Confederate States of America, Confederate general Robert E. Lee * 2017 – 2017 St. Louis protests, 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 begins. * 2020 – George Floyd protests, May 26 – Following the murder of George Floyd, protests and civil unrest against Police brutality in the United States, police brutality and Institutional racism, systemic racism 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, 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 Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, 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, 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 Kenosha unrest shooting, 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, 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, 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 was attacked. Heshy Tischler was taken into custody for inciting a riot. * 2020 –
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riot, October 26 – November 4, Caused by the Killing of Walter Wallace by Philadelphia police. * 2020 – 2020–21 United States election protests, November 3 – March 2021, Several demonstrations were held during and after the 2020 United States presidential election, 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 – 2021 United States Capitol attack, United States Capitol attack, January 6, After months of unsuccessful attempts by President Donald Trump and his allies to Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, overturn the results of the 2020 United States presidential election, 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 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 reactions to the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol, domestic and International reactions to the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol, international condemnation, the Chief of the United States Capitol Police, Capitol Police resigned under pressure and President Trump was Second impeachment of Donald Trump, impeached a second time under accusation of incitement of insurrection. His Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, subsequent trial in February 2021 ultimately resulted in an acquittal by the United States Senate, Senate, making Trump the first to be tried as a former president and to be impeached and acquitted twice. * 2021 – Daunte Wright protests, April 11 – February 18, 2022, On April 11, police officer Kim Potter Killing of Daunte Wfatally shot 20-year-old African-American man Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, near where former police officer Derek Chauvin was State v. Chauvin, 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".


See also

* List of conflicts in North America * * List of incidents of civil unrest in Colonial North America * List of massacres in the United States * List of protest marches on Washington, DC * List of race riots – see U.S. section. * List of rebellions in the United States * List of riots (notable incidents of civil disorder worldwide) * List of violent spectator incidents in sports * Lists of incidents of unrest and violence in the United States by city ** List of incidents of political violence in Washington, D.C. * Mass racial violence in the United States * Murder of workers in labor disputes in the United States * Insurrection Act of 1807


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Further reading

* Gottesman, Ronald, and Richard Maxwell Brown, eds. ''Violence in America: an encyclopedia'' (1999). * Graham, Hugh Davis, and Ted Robert Gurr, eds. ''Violence in America: Historical and comparative perspectives'' (1969). * Gurr, Ted Robert, ed. ''Violence in America: Protest, rebellion, reform'' (1979). * Hofstadter, Richard, and Michael Wallace, eds. ''American violence: A documentary history'' (1971). * Victor, Orville J. ''History Of American Conspiracies: A Record Of Treason, Insurrection, Rebellion, &c. In The United States Of America. From 1760 To 1860'' (1863
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