WW9 / Atlas index / Uprisings, marches and riotsUprisings, marches and riots Stono to the Million Man March to now. 324 points on the WW9 Atlas, oldest first, each with its source.
Open this layer on the map Palmares (quilombo) 1605–1710 · Community of escaped slaves in Brazil (1605 to 1694) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmares_%28quilombo%29 Jersey City, New Jersey 1609 · City in Hudson County, New Jersey, US 1964 – Jersey City Riots , August 2–5, Jersey City, NJ , 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. By the end of the rioting on August 5, at least 46 peoplhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_City%2C_New_Jersey Santa Fe, New Mexico 1610 · Capital city of New Mexico, United States 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. One hundred National Guardsman were called to protect buildings and keep order. 23 people were arrested.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe%2C_New_Mexico New York City 1624 · Most populous city in the United States 1966 – 1966 New York City riots , July 14–20, New York City , 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.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City Boston 1630 · Capital and largest city in Massachusetts, United States 1835 – Gentleman's Riot , numerous riots throughout 1835 targeting abolitionists, Boston, Massachusettshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston Brooklyn 1634 · Borough and county in New York, US 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 was attacked.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn Wilmington, Delaware 1638 · Largest city in Delaware, United States 1967 – 1967 Wilmington riots , July 28–30, Wilmington, Delaware , 13 were injured, 14 arson cases and 325 arrests were reported during the riots.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington%2C_Delaware Newport, Rhode Island 1639 · City in Rhode Island, United States 1960 – Newport Jazz Festival Riot , July 2, Newport, Rhode Islandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport%2C_Rhode_Island Norfolk, Virginia 1682 · Independent city in Virginia, United States 1968 – 1968 Norfolk riots , April 5–10, Norfolk, Virginiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk%2C_Virginia Philadelphia 1682 · Most populous city in Pennsylvania, US 1918 – Philadelphia Race Riot, Philadelphia , Pennsylvaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia Perth Amboy, New Jersey 1683 · City in Middlesex County, New Jersey, U.S. 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. Twenty-six injuries were reported (15 from law enforcemhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Amboy%2C_New_Jersey Albany, New York 1686 · Capital city of New York, United States 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. Forty-one people were arrested and there were 3 arson cases.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany%2C_New_York Detroit 1701 · Most populous city in Michigan, United States 1855 – Detroit brothel riots, 1855–1859, Detroit, Michiganhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit Albuquerque, New Mexico 1706 · City in New Mexico, United States 1971 — Albuquerque riots, June 13—15, Albuquerque, New Mexico . The Albuquerque Police Department arrested several Chicano teens for underage drinking at Albuquerque's Roosevelt Park . Several hundred people in the park for a concert viewed this as motivated by anti-Spanish sentiment , and the next https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albuquerque%2C_New_Mexico Trenton, New Jersey 1719 · Capital city of New Jersey, United States 1968 – Trenton Riot of 1968 , April 9–11, Trenton, New Jerseyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton%2C_New_Jersey New Brunswick, New Jersey 1730 · City in Middlesex County, New Jersey, US 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 storehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick%2C_New_Jersey Stono Rebellion 1739 · 1739 slave revolt in the colony of South Carolina (placed at Province of South Carolina) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stono_Rebellion Tacky's Revolt 1760–1761 · 1760 slave rebellion in British Jamaica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacky%27s_Revolt Berbice Rebellion 1763–1764 · 1763 slave rebellion in Guyana (placed at Berbice) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berbice_Rebellion Charlotte, North Carolina 1768 · Most populous city in North Carolina, United States 1968 – 1968 Charlotte riots , April 4–12, Charlotte, North Carolina , seven injuries were reported; 29 cases of arson and 30 arrests.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%2C_North_Carolina Lexington, Kentucky 1775 · City in Kentucky, United States 1920 – 1920 Lexington riots , Feb 20, Lexington, KYhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington%2C_Kentucky Liberty County, Georgia 1777 · County in Georgia, United States 1900 – 1900 Liberty County riot , August 18, Liberty County, Georgiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_County%2C_Georgia Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783 1783 · 1783 protest of unpaid soldiers of the American Revolution (placed at Pennsylvania) 1783 – Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783 , June 20. Anti-government protest by soldiers of the Continental Army against the Congress of the Confederation , Philadelphia , Pennsylvaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Mutiny_of_1783 Wadesboro, North Carolina 1783 · Town in North Carolina, United States 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.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadesboro%2C_North_Carolina Paper Money Riot 1786 · Armed uprising in the U.S. (placed at Exeter) 1786 – Paper Money Riot , September 20, Exeter, New Hampshirehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Money_Riot Cincinnati 1788 · City in Ohio, United States 1967 – Avondale riots , June 12–15, Cincinnati , Ohiohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati Rochester, New York 1788 · City in New York, United States 1967 – 1967 Rochester riots , July 23–24, Rochester, New York a riot began following police shutting down a drag race. One 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.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester%2C_New_York Rogersville, Tennessee 1789 · Town in the United States 1867 – 1867 Rogersville riot , July 26, Rogersville, Tennesseehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogersville%2C_Tennessee Supreme Court of the United States 1789 · Highest court of jurisdiction in the U.S. In 1948, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Sipuel v. Board of Regents of Univ. of Okla. that the state of Oklahoma must provide instruction for Blacks equal to that of Whites. Thurgood Marshall acted as the head NAACP lawyer for this case and the justices ruled unanimously. The case was also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States United States Marshals Service 1789 · Federal law enforcement agency (placed at Arlington County) 2019 – Memphis riot, June 13, following the fatal shooting of Brandon Webber by U.S. Marshals , Memphis, TN .https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marshals_Service Bois Caïman 1791 · 1791 ceremony in which the Haitian Revolution was planned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bois_Ca%C3%AFman Jacksonville, Florida 1791 · City in Florida, United States 1968 – 1968 Jacksonville riots , April 6–11, Jacksonville, Florida one person killed and 15 injured, with 12 of those caused by police.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonville%2C_Florida Santa Cruz, California 1791 · City in California, United States 2010 – Santa Cruz May Day riot , May 1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz%2C_California Paterson, New Jersey 1792 · City in Passaic County, New Jersey, US 1968 – 1968 Paterson riots , July 2–7, Paterson, New Jersey riots began following rumors a man was killed by the police while being arrested. One hundred and fifty people were arrested and 86 cases of arson reported.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterson%2C_New_Jersey Franklin, Tennessee 1799 · City in Tennessee, United States 1867 – 1867 Franklin riot , July 10, Franklin, Tennesseehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%2C_Tennessee Haitian Revolution 1804 · 1791–1804 slave revolt in Hispanola (placed at Saint-Domingue) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution Columbia, Tennessee 1808 · City in Tennessee, United States 1946 – Columbia race riot of 1946, February 25–26, Columbia, Tennesseehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia%2C_Tennessee 1812 Baltimore riots 1812 · Violent riots in the summer of 1812 in Baltimore, Maryland, US (placed at Baltimore) 1812 – Baltimore riots , these took place shortly before the War of 1812https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_Baltimore_riots Massillon, Ohio 1812 · City in Ohio, United States 1967 – 1967 Massillion riot , April 17, Massillon, Ohio , 17 arrests were made as black and white teenagers fought each other.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massillon%2C_Ohio Prattville, Alabama 1818 · City in Autauga and Elmore counties, Alabama, U.S. 1967 – 1967 Prattville riot , June 11, Prattville, Alabama , riots following the arrest of Stokely Carmichael arrest. Four people were wounded and 10 arrested.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prattville%2C_Alabama Memphis, Tennessee 1819 · City in Tennessee, United States 1968 – Memphis sanitation strike riot , March 28, Memphis, Tennesseehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis%2C_Tennessee Decatur, Alabama 1821 · City in and county seat of Morgan County, Alabama 1979 — Decatur, Alabama riot, May 26, Ku Klux Klan -led attack on civil rights marchers results in 3 people being shot and several more woundedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decatur%2C_Alabama Jackson, Mississippi 1822 · Capital and largest city of Mississippi, United States 1967 – 1967 Jackson riot , May 12, Jackson, Mississippihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson%2C_Mississippi Demerara rebellion of 1823 1823 · 1823 slave rebellion in the colony of Demerara-Essequibo (Guyana) (placed at Demerara-Essequibo) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demerara_rebellion_of_1823 Tampa, Florida 1823 · City in the United States 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 inhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa%2C_Florida Hard Scrabble and Snow Town 1824 · Former neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island, United States 1824 – Hard Scrabble and Snow Town Riots, 1824 & 1831 respectively, Providence, RI (race riots)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Scrabble_and_Snow_Town Akron, Ohio 1825 · City in the United States 1900 – Akron Riot of 1900 , Akron, Ohiohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akron%2C_Ohio Baptist War 1831–1832 · 1831 failed slave rebellion in British-ruled Jamaica (placed at Montego Bay) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist_War Canterbury Female Boarding School 1831 · Boarding school in the United States 1834 – Attack on Canterbury Female Boarding School , Canterbury, Connecticut , one of the first schools for African American girlshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Female_Boarding_School Lima, Ohio 1831 · City in Ohio, United States 1967 – 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.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lima%2C_Ohio Nat Turner's Rebellion 1831 · 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia, US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Turner%27s_Rebellion Buffalo, New York 1832 · City in New York, United States 1862 – Buffalo riot of 1862 , August 12, Buffalo, New York (labor riot)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo%2C_New_York 1834 New York anti-abolitionist riots 1834 · Pro-slavery riots in New York City (placed at New York City) 1834 – Anti-abolitionist riot , New York Cityhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1834_New_York_anti-abolitionist_riots 1834 Philadelphia race riot 1834 · Anti-Black incident in the United States 1834 – Philadelphia race riot , August 12– 14https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1834_Philadelphia_race_riot Rockford, Illinois 1834 · City in Illinois, United States 1967 – 1967 Rockford riots , July 29–30, Rockford, Illinois , 11 people injured and 44 arrested.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockford%2C_Illinois 1835 Baltimore bank riot 1835 · Violent 1835 reaction to a bank failure 1835 – Baltimore bank riot , August 6–9https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835_Baltimore_bank_riot Malê revolt 1835 · 1835 slave rebellion in Imperial Brazil (placed at Salvador) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%AA_revolt Noyes Academy 1835 · Racially integrated school in New Hampshire, est. 1835 1835 – Destruction of Noyes Academy , Canaan, New Hampshire , a racially integrated schoolhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noyes_Academy Snow Riot 1835 · 1835 race riot in Washington, D.C. (placed at Washington, D.C.) 1835 – Snow Riot , Washington D.C.; race riot caused by labor competitionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Riot Toledo War 1835–1836 · 1835–1836 Ohio–Michigan dispute (placed at Michigan Territory) 1835–1836 – Toledo War , a boundary dispute between states of Michigan and Ohiohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War Arkansas 1836 · U.S. state 1935 – Southern Tenant Farmers' Union Riot, Arkansashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas Cincinnati riots of 1836 1836 · Race riots in Ohio, United States (placed at Cincinnati) 1836 – Cincinnati Riots of 1836 , Cincinnati, Ohio (race riots)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_riots_of_1836 Houston 1836 · Largest city in Texas, United States 1967 – 1967 Texas Southern University riot , May 16, Houston, Texashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston 1837 New York flour riot 1837 · Civil disturbance on New York City in 1837 (placed at New York City) 1837 – Flour Riots , New York Cityhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1837_New_York_flour_riot Elijah Parish Lovejoy 1837 · American minister, journalist, and abolitionist (1802–1837) (placed at Albion) 1837 – Murder of abolitionist Elijah Lovejoyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Parish_Lovejoy Pennsylvania Hall (Philadelphia) 1838 · Venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. used by abolitionists 1838 – Burning of Pennsylvania Hall ; a lecture hall built with the intention of debating abolition, women's rights, and other reforms is burned down only 4 days after opening.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Hall_%28Philadelphia%29 Springfield, Missouri 1838 · City in Missouri, United States 1917 – Springfield Vigilante Riot, Springfield, Missourihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield%2C_Missouri Anti-Rent War 1839–1845 · Popular revolt in Upstate New York (1839–1845) (placed at New York) 1839 – Anti-Rent War , Hudson Valley , New Yorkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Rent_War Honey War 1839 · 1839 territorial dispute 1839 – Honey War , Iowa - Missouri borderhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_War Cincinnati riots of 1841 1841 · Riots in Cincinnati, Ohio (placed at Cincinnati) 1841 – Cincinnati Riots of 1841 , early September, Cincinnati, Ohio (race riot)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_riots_of_1841 Dorr Rebellion 1841 · Attempt to force broader democracy in the state of Rhode Island (placed at Rhode Island) 1841 – Dorr Rebellion , Rhode Islandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorr_Rebellion Henderson, North Carolina 1841 · City in North Carolina, United States 1959 – Harriett-Henderson Cotton Mills Strike Henderson, North Carolinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henderson%2C_North_Carolina Lombard Street riot 1842 · Racial riot in Philadelphia in 1842 1842 – Lombard Street Riot , (a.k.a. the Abolition Riots), August 1, Philadelphiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombard_Street_riot Muncy Abolition riot of 1842 1842 · Riot in Muncy, Pennsylvania (placed at Muncy) 1842 – Muncy Abolition riot of 1842https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muncy_Abolition_riot_of_1842 Philadelphia nativist riots 1844 · 1844 riots in Pennsylvania, US 1844 – Philadelphia Nativist Riots , May 6–8, July 6–7, Philadelphia (anti-Catholic)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_nativist_riots Atlanta 1845 · Capital and most populous city of Georgia, U.S. 1966 – Summerhill and Vine City Riots, September 6–8 Atlanta, Georgiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta Astor Place Riot 1849 · 1849 theatre-related riot in Manhattan 1849 – Astor Place riot , May 10, New York City, (anti-British)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Place_Riot Christiana Riot 1851 · 1851 armed resistance by free Blacks and escaped slaves 1851 – Christiana Riot , Lancaster County, Pennsylvaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiana_Riot Cincinnati riot of 1853 1853 · Period of civil unrest occurring in Cincinnati during December 1853 (placed at Cincinnati) 1853 – Cincinnati Riot of 1853 , Cincinnati, Ohio (anti-Catholic)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_riot_of_1853 Kansas City, Missouri 1853 · City in Missouri, United States 1967 – 1967 Kansas City riot , July 9, Kansas City, Missouri , 1 person was injured and 11 arrested.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City%2C_Missouri Omaha, Nebraska 1854 · Largest city in Nebraska, US 1966 – Omaha riot of 1966 , July 2, Omaha, Nebraska (race riots)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha%2C_Nebraska Bloody Monday 1855 · 1855 anti-immigrant riot in Louisville, Kentucky 1855 – Bloody Monday , Know-Nothing Party riot, August 6, Louisville, Kentucky (anti-immigration)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Monday Cincinnati riots of 1855 1855 · Series of riots occurring in Cincinnati in 1855 (placed at Cincinnati) 1855 – Cincinnati riots of 1855 (anti-immigration)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_riots_of_1855 Portland Rum Riot 1855 · (placed at Portland) 1855 – Portland Rum Riot , June 2, Portland, Mainehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Rum_Riot Battle of Seattle (1856) 1856 · 1856 Battle of the Puget Sound War & Yakima War in Seattle, Washington 1856 – Battle of Seattle (1856) , Jan 26, Attack by Native American tribesmen upon Seattle, Washington .https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Seattle_%281856%29 Pottawatomie massacre 1856 · 1856 massacre in the Kansas Territory 1856 – Pottawatomie massacre , May 24, Franklin County, Kansashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottawatomie_massacre Sacking of Lawrence 1856 · 1856 destruction of the Kansas Territory town 1856 – Sacking of Lawrence, Kansas , May 21, 1856, when proslavery settlers ransacked Lawrence, Kansas , founded by antislavery Yankees. Kansas Territory became known as Bleeding Kansas .https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacking_of_Lawrence Dead Rabbits riot 1857 · 1857 gang riot in New York City (placed at Bowery) 1857 – Dead Rabbits Riot , July 4–5, New York Cityhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Rabbits_riot New York City Police riot 1857 · 1857 conflict between police forces in front of New York City Hall, New York, USA 1857 – New York City Police Riot , June 16, New York Cityhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_riot Waukegan, Illinois 1859 · City in Illinois, United States 1967 – 1967 Waukegan riots , July 24–25, Waukegan, Illinoishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waukegan%2C_Illinois 1861 Baltimore riot 1861 · Civil riot against Union troops early in the American Civil War 1861 – Baltimore Riot of 1861 , April 19, (a.k.a. the Pratt Street Riot), Baltimore, Marylandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1861_Baltimore_riot Camp Jackson affair 1861 · Massacre during American Civil War 1861 – Camp Jackson Affair , May 10, Union forces clash with Confederate sympathizers on the streets of St. Louis, 28 dead, 100 injured, St. Louis, Missourihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Jackson_affair 1862 Brooklyn riot 1862 · 1862 riot in Brooklyn, New York, US 1862 – 1862 Brooklyn riot occurred August 4 between the New York Metropolitan Police against a white mob attacking African American strike-breakers at a Tobacco Factoryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1862_Brooklyn_riot 1863 Detroit race riot 1863 · Instance of civil unrest (placed at Detroit) 1863 – Detroit race riot of 1863 , March 6https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863_Detroit_race_riot Battle of Fort Fizzle 1863 · 1863 draft riot in Ohio (placed at Glenmont) 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, Ohiohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Fizzle New York City draft riots 1863 · 1863 civil unrest protesting American Civil War conscription 1863 – New York City draft riots , July 13–16, (anti-draft)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_draft_riots Charleston riot 1864 · 1864 disturbance in Charleston, Illinois (placed at Charleston) 1864 – Charleston Riot , March 28, Charleston, Illinoishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_riot American Civil War 1865 · 1861–1865 conflict in the United States (placed at Southern United States) 1861–1865: American Civil War , April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865, United Stateshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War Ku Klux Klan 1865 · American white supremacist hate group (placed at Pulaski) 1980 – Chattanooga riots, July, Chattanooga, Tennessee, rioting in Chattanooga after two Ku Klux Klansmen were acquitted of shooting four black women by an all-white jury . 8 police officers were shot.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan Morant Bay rebellion 1865 · 1865 rebellion in Morant Bay, Jamaica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morant_Bay_rebellion Berkeley, California 1866 · City in California, United States 2017 – Berkeley, California , February 1, civil unrest ensued at UC Berkeleyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley%2C_California Memphis massacre of 1866 1866 · Massacre of the Black community of Memphis, Tennessee (placed at Memphis) 1866 – Memphis Riots of 1866 , May 1–3, Race riot that broke out during Reconstruction , Memphis, Tennesseehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_massacre_of_1866 New Orleans Massacre of 1866 1866 · Confederate attack on constitutional convention (placed at New Orleans) 1866 – New Orleans riot , July 30, New Orleans, Louisianahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Massacre_of_1866 Jesup, Georgia 1869 · City in Georgia, United States 1889 – 1889 Jesup riot , December 25, Jesup, Georgiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesup%2C_Georgia Maywood, Illinois 1869 · Village in Illinois, United States 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.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maywood%2C_Illinois Eutaw massacre 1870 · KKK attack on black civilians and Republicans 1870 – Eutaw Riot, Eutaw, Alabama , Ku Klux Klan attacked a Republican rallyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutaw_massacre Kirk–Holden war 1870 · Struggle against the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina, U.S. (placed at North Carolina) 1870 – Kirk-Holden war , July–November, Caswell and Alamance counties North Carolinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk%E2%80%93Holden_war 1871 Meridian race riot 1871 · Race riot in Meridian, Mississippi in March 1871 (placed at Meridian) 1871 – Meridian race riot of 1871 , March, Meridian, Mississippihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1871_Meridian_race_riot Birmingham, Alabama 1871 · City in the United States 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.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham%2C_Alabama Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871 1871 · Riotous lynching 1871 – Los Angeles anti-Chinese riot , Los Angeles, Californiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Chinese_massacre_of_1871 Fresno, California 1872 · City in California, United States 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. Two people were injured, 27 arrested and 46 cases of arson were reported.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno%2C_California Santa Paula, California 1872 · City in California, United States 1972 — Youth riot, April 23, Santa Paula, California 35–40 arrests.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Paula%2C_California Colfax massacre 1873 · 1873 murder of black men by white militia in Colfax, Louisiana 1873 – Colfax massacre , April 13, Colfax, Louisiana (race related)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colfax_massacre 1874 Election Massacre 1874 · White supremacist massacre of African Americans (placed at Barbour County) 1874 – Election Riot of 1874 , Barbour County, Alabama (race related)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1874_Election_Massacre 1874 Tompkins Square Park riot 1874 · Riot and civil disorder in New York City 1874 – Tompkins Square Riot , New York City (poverty)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1874_Tompkins_Square_Park_riot Battle of Liberty Place 1874 · 1874 attempted coup d'état against Louisiana state government 1874 – Battle of Liberty Place , New Orleans, Louisiana (anti-Reconstruction)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Liberty_Place Coushatta massacre 1874 · Nineteenth-century American massacre (placed at Coushatta) 1874 – Coushatta massacre , August, An attack by the White League on Republican officeholders and freedmen , Coushatta, Louisianahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coushatta_massacre Vicksburg massacre 1874–1875 · Anti-black racial massacre in Mississippi, US (placed at Vicksburg) 1874–1875 – Vicksburg massacre , Vicksburg, Mississippi (anti-Reconstruction)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicksburg_massacre Coachella, California 1876 · City in the United States 1970 — Coachella Riots, April 5, Coachella, California , started after a 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.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coachella%2C_California 1877 San Francisco riot 1877 · Pogrom targeting Chinese immigrants (placed at San Francisco) 1877 – San Francisco Riot of 1877 (anti-Chinese immigration)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1877_San_Francisco_riot Rock Springs massacre 1885 · 1885 massacre in Wyoming, US 1885 – Rock Springs massacre , September 2, 1885, white miners attack Chinese miners; 28 killed, 15 injured, Rock Springs, Wyominghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Springs_massacre Bay View massacre 1886 · Violence at labor strike in Milwaukee 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, Wisconsinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_View_massacre Haymarket affair 1886 · 1886 bombing in Chicago, Illinois, US 1886 – Haymarket riot , May 4, Chicago, Illinois (labor riot)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair Reservoir war 1887 · 1887 minor conflict in Ohio, US (placed at Paulding County) 1887 – Reservoir war , April 25; a minor insurrection against the State of Ohio to destroy a canal feeder reservoir and other canal infrastructure. Antwerp, Ohiohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir_war Thibodaux massacre 1887 · Event of racial violence in the late 19th Century Southern United States (placed at Thibodaux) 1887 – Thibodaux Massacre , November 22–25; a racial attack mounted by white paramilitary groups in Thibodaux, Louisiana in November 1887 Thibodaux, Louisianahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thibodaux_massacre 1889 Forrest City riot 1889 · Riot in Forrest City, Arkansas, in 1889 (placed at Forrest City) 1889 – 1889 Forrest City riot , May 18, Forrest City, Arkansas (race riot)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1889_Forrest_City_riot Yosemite National Park 1890 · National park in California, United States 1970 — Stoneman Meadow Riot , July 4, 1970, Yosemite , Californiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_National_Park 1891 New Orleans lynchings 1891 · Murder of eleven Italian men by a mob 1891 – Hennessy Affair , New Orleans, Louisiana (anti-Italian)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1891_New_Orleans_lynchings Clearwater, Florida 1891 · City in Florida, United States 1966 – 1966 Clearwater riot , October 31, Clearwater, Floridahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearwater%2C_Florida Morewood massacre 1891 · 1891 massacre in Pennsylvania, US 1891 – Morewood massacre , United Mine Workers strikehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morewood_massacre Homestead strike 1892 · 1892 labor strike (placed at Homestead) 1892 – Homestead strike , July 6, 1892, Homestead, Pennsylvaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_strike 1895 New Orleans dockworkers massacre 1895 · Labor riot in Louisiana (placed at New Orleans) 1895 – New Orleans dockworkers riot , New Orleans, Louisianahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1895_New_Orleans_dockworkers_massacre Lattimer massacre 1897 · 1897 killing of unarmed striking miners 1897 – Lattimer massacre , September 1897, near Hazleton, Pennsylvania (labor massacre)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattimer_massacre 1898 Tampa riot 1898 · (placed at Tampa) 1898 – 1898 Tampa riot , June 6–7, Tampa, Florida ; confrontation between white and segregated black soldiershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1898_Tampa_riot Battle of Virden 1898 · Labor union and racial conflict in Illinois, 1898 1898 – Battle of Virden , October 12, Coal strike; 11 killed, 35 wounded, Virden, Illinoishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Virden Phoenix election riot 1898 · 1898 riot in the United States 1898 – Phoenix election riot , November 8, Greenwood County, South Carolina (race riot)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_election_riot Wilmington massacre 1898 · 1898 coup d'état in North Carolina, US 1898 – Wilmington massacre , November 10, Wilmington, North Carolina (coordinated terrorist attack, race riot and coup d'état against blacks and reconstructionists )https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_massacre Pana riot 1899 · 1899 riot in Pana, Illinois (placed at Pana) 1899 – Pana riot , April 10, Coal mine labor conflict; 7 killed, 6 wounded, Pana, Illinoishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pana_riot Chinatown, Denver 1901 · Neighborhood of Denver in Colorado, United States 1901 – Denver Riots , Denver, Coloradohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown%2C_Denver Pierce City, Missouri 1901 · City in Missouri, United States 1901 – Pierce City Riots, Pierce City, Missourihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce_City%2C_Missouri Connecticut State Police 1903 · Law enforcement agency 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. Three people were injured,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_State_Police Evansville race riot 1903 · 1903 riot in Evansville, Indiana, United States 1903 – Evansville Race Riot , Evansville, Indianahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evansville_race_riot Richmond, California 1905 · City in California, United States 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. Seventeen arson cases were reported and 564 people arrested.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond%2C_California 1906 Atlanta race massacre 1906 · Massacre of African Americans in Georgia 1906 – Atlanta Race Riot , Atlanta, Georgiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_Atlanta_race_massacre 1906 San Francisco earthquake 1906 · Earthquake in California 1906 – Rioting and looting after the 1906 San Francisco earthquakehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake 1907 Bellingham race riot 1907 · Riots against Americans of Asian descent in Bellingham (placed at Bellingham) 1907 – Bellingham riots , Bellingham, Washington (anti-Indian riots)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907_Bellingham_race_riot 1908 Springfield race riot 1908 · Conflict in Springfield, Illinois, U.S. 1908 – Springfield Race Riot , Springfield, Illinois (anti-Black riots)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_Springfield_race_riot 1909 South Omaha anti-Greek riot 1909 · Riot in South Omaha, Nebraska, US (placed at South Omaha) 1909 – Greek Town riot , February 21, South Omaha, Nebraska (anti-Greek riots)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909_South_Omaha_anti-Greek_riot NAACP 1909 · American civil rights organization (placed at Baltimore) In April 1951, students at Robert Russa Moton High School, a segregated "Colored" school in Prince Edward County Virginia, staged a student strike over poor conditions and racial segregation. That strike led to the NAACP filing Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County in 1952.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAACP 1910 Philadelphia general strike 1910 · (placed at Philadelphia) 1910 – Philadelphia general strike (1910) , Philadelphia , Pennsylvaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910_Philadelphia_general_strike Slocum massacre 1910 · 1910 mass killing of African Americans in Texas 1910 – Slocum massacre , July 29–30, Slocum, Texashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slocum_massacre 1912 Lawrence textile strike 1912 · Labor strike in Massachusetts, U.S. (placed at Lawrence) 1912 – Lawrence textile strike , Lawrence, Massachusetts (January to March)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_Lawrence_textile_strike 1913 Paterson silk strike 1913 · Work stoppage involving silk mill workers in Paterson, New Jersey (placed at Paterson) 1913 – Paterson silk strike , February 25 – July 28 Paterson, New Jerseyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913_Paterson_silk_strike Colorado Coalfield War 1913 · 1913–1914 labor uprising in Colorado, US 1913 – Colorado Coalfield War , September 23 – April 29, 1914, Southern Colorado (labor riot)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Coalfield_War Wheatland hop riot 1913 · 1913 riot in Wheatland, California (placed at Wheatland) 1913 – Wheatland Riot , August 3, Wheatland, California (labor riot)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatland_hop_riot Ludlow Massacre 1914 · April 1914 massacre during the Colorado Coalfield War 1914 – Ludlow massacre , April 20, Ludlow, Colorado (labor massacre)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre Macaroni Riots 1914 · 1914 food riot in Providence, Rhode Island 1914 – Macaroni Riots , August 29 – September 7, Federal Hill, Providence, Rhode Islandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni_Riots Bandit War 1915–1918 · 1910–1918 Mexican rebel raids into Texas, USA (placed at Texas) 1910–1919 – Bandit War Southern Texashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandit_War Everett massacre 1916 · 1916 gunfight in Everett, Washington, US 1916 – Everett massacre , November 5, Everett, Washington (labor massacre)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_massacre Pharr, Texas 1916 · City in Texas 1972 — Pharr riots, February 6, Pharr, Texas started after police attacked a crowd protesting police brutality and killed one person.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharr%2C_Texas Preparedness Day bombing 1916 · 1916 bombing of a Preparedness Movement parade in San Francisco, California 1916 – Preparedness Day bombing , July 22, San Francisco, Californiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preparedness_Day_bombing 1917 Chester race riot 1917 · Race riot in Pennsylvania, United States (placed at Chester) 1917 – Chester race riot , July 25–29, Chester, Pennsylvaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917_Chester_race_riot East St. Louis massacre 1917 · 1917 massacre of Black Americans by white mob in East St. Louis, Illinois 1917 – East St. Louis Race Riots , July 2, St. Louis, Missouri & East St. Louis, Illinois (race riots triggered by labor competition)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_St._Louis_massacre Green Corn Rebellion 1917 · 1917 uprising in rural Oklahoma during WWI (placed at Seminole County) 1917 – Green Corn Rebellion , August 3, A brief popular uprising advocating for the rural poor and against military conscription, Central Oklahomahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Corn_Rebellion Annapolis riot of 1919 1919 · (placed at Annapolis) 1919 – Annapolis riot of 1919 , June 27, Annapolis, Marylandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapolis_riot_of_1919 Boston police strike 1919 · 1919 labor unrest in Massachusetts, US (placed at Boston) 1919 – Boston Police Strike , September 9–11, Boston , Massachusettshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_police_strike Centralia Tragedy 1919 · 1919 violent incident in Washington, US 1919 – Centralia Massacre , November 11, Centralia, Washington (skirmish between legion members and IWW caused 6 deaths)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia_Tragedy Elaine massacre 1919 · Anti-black violence in Arkansas in 1919 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_massacre Seattle General Strike 1919 · 1919 workers' strike in Seattle, Washington (placed at Seattle) 1919 – Seattle General Strike , February 6–11, Seattle, Washingtonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_General_Strike Battle of Matewan 1920 · 1920 shootout in Matewan, West Virginia 1920 – Battle of Matewan , May 20, arising from coal miners strike in Matewan, West Virginia (Ten dead)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Matewan Ocoee massacre 1920 · 1920 mass violence in Florida, U.S. 1920 – Ocoee massacre , November 2–3, Ocoee, Florida (massacre of 30-80 blacks on occasion of 1920 United States presidential election )https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocoee_massacre Battle of Blair Mountain 1921 · Violent 1921 American labor dispute 1921 – Battle of Blair Mountain , August–September, Logan County, West Virginia (an episode of the 1890-1930 Coal Wars ). labor massacre in which up to 100 coal miners were killedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain Miss America 1921 · Annual competition in the United States (placed at Linwood) During the early years of the Miss America pageant, under the directorship of Lenora Slaughter, it became racially segregated via rule number seven that stated: "contestants must be of good health and of the White race .” Rule number seven was abolished in 1950.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_America Tulsa race massacre 1921 · 1921 mass violence in Oklahoma, US 1921 – Tulsa race massacre , May 31 – June 1, Tulsa, Oklahomahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre Herrin massacre 1922 · 1922 labor-union conflict in Illinois, U.S. (placed at Herrin) 1922 – Herrin Massacre , June 21–22, Herrin, Illinois (labor massacre)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herrin_massacre Perry massacre 1922 · Racially motivated conflict in Florida, USA 1922 – Perry massacre , December 14–15, Perry, Floridahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_massacre Rosewood massacre 1923 · 1923 massacre of African Americans in Florida, US 1923 – Rosewood massacre , January 1–7, Rosewood, Florida (race massacre - perhaps as many as 150 blacks killed, black-majority town of Rosewood destroyed.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosewood_massacre Ossian Sweet 1925 · American physician (1895–1960) (placed at Bartow) 1925 – Ossian Sweet incident, September, Detroit, Michiganhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossian_Sweet Columbine Mine massacre 1927 · 1927 police shooting of striking miners in Colorado, United States 1927 – Columbine Mine Massacre , November 21, Serene, Coloradohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_Mine_massacre Yakima Valley riots 1927 · 1927 riots in Washington, USA (placed at Washington) 1927 – Yakima Valley Anti-Filipino Riot , November 8–11, Yakima Valleyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakima_Valley_riots Harlan County War 1931–1939 · Violent labor dispute in Kentucky (placed at Harlan County) 1931–1932 Harlan County War , Harlan County, Kentucky , Part of the Coal Wars and resulted in at least 5 total deaths.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_County_War Iowa Cow War 1931 · 1931 dispute in Iowa over testing cows for bovine tuberculosis (placed at Cedar County) 1931 – Iowa Cow War , September 21–25, Cedar County, Iowahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Cow_War Bonus Army 1932 · 1930s US veterans' protest movement 1932 – Bonus Army March, Spring/Summer 1932, Washington, D.C.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army Ford Hunger March 1932 · 1932 demonstration in Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan 1932 – Ford Hunger March , March 7, 3,000 unemployed workers march on Ford Motors, five are killed. River Rouge plant, Dearborn, Michiganhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Hunger_March 1934 West Coast waterfront strike 1934 · Labor strike by longshoremen in California, Oregon, and Washington (placed at Los Angeles (West Coast of the United States)) 1934 – 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike , May 9 – October 12, San Francisco Bay Area , California ; Portland, Oregon ; Seattle, Washingtonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_West_Coast_waterfront_strike Auto-Lite strike (1934) 1934 · Workers' strike in Toledo, Ohio (placed at Toledo) 1934 – Auto-Lite strike , April 4 – June 3, the "Battle of Toledo" riot, Toledo, Ohiohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-Lite_strike_%281934%29 House Un-American Activities Committee 1934–1975 · American investigative committee (1938–1975) (placed at Washington, D.C.) 1960 – HUAC riot, May 13, Students protest House Un-American Activities Committee hearings, 12 injured, 64 arrested, San Francisco, Californiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Un-American_Activities_Committee Minneapolis general strike of 1934 1934 · 1934 labor strike and protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 1934 – Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 , Minneapolis, Minnesotahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis_general_strike_of_1934 Flint sit-down strike 1936–1937 · 1936–37 labor strike at the General Motors plant in Michigan (placed at Flint) 1937 – Flint Sit-Down Strike , General Motors' Fisher Body Plant, Flint, Michiganhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_sit-down_strike 1937 Memorial Day massacre 1937 · 1937 police shooting in Chicago, Illinois, US 1937 – Republic Steel Strike , May 30, Chicago, Illinoishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_Memorial_Day_massacre Battle of the Overpass 1937 · 1937 violence against union organizers in Dearborn, Michigan, USA 1937 – Battle of the Overpass , May 26, Dearborn, Michigan ; members of United Auto Workers (UAW) clash with Henry Ford 's security guardshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Overpass 1942 Phoenix Thanksgiving Day riot 1942 · 1942 riot in Phoenix, United States 1942 – 1942 Phoenix Thanksgiving Day riot , November 26, Phoenix, Arizonahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942_Phoenix_Thanksgiving_Day_riot 1943 Detroit race riot 1943 · Racial violence in Michigan 1943 – Detroit race riot of 1943 , June 20–21, Detroit, Michiganhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943_Detroit_race_riot Zoot Suit Riots 1943 · 1943 anti-Latino race riot by US servicemen in Los Angeles (placed at Los Angeles) 1943 – Zoot Suit Riots , July 3, Los Angeles, California (anti-Hispanic and anti-zoot suit)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_Suit_Riots Airport Homes race riots 1946 · Series of race riots in Chicago, Illinois, US (placed at West Lawn) 1946 – Airport Homes race riots , Chicago, Illinoishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_Homes_race_riots Battle of Athens (1946) 1946 · Civilian revolt against corrupt local government in McMinn County, Tennessee 1946 – Battle of Athens (1946) , August, revolt by citizens against corrupt local government, McMinn County , Tennesseehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_%281946%29 Anacostia Pool riot 1949 1949 – Anacostia Pool Riot , June 29, Anacostia, Washington, D.C. (race riot)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacostia_Pool_riot Englewood race riot 1949 · 1949 race riot in Chicago, Illinois (placed at Chicago) 1949 – Englewood race riot , November 8–12, Englewood, Chicago , ILhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englewood_race_riot Fairground Park riot 1949 · 1949 race riot in St. Louis, Missouri, United States (placed at St. Louis) 1949 – Fairground Park riot , June 21, St. Louis Missouri (race riot)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairground_Park_riot Peekskill riots 1949 · 1949 anti-communist race riots against African Americans and Jews 1949 – Peekskill riots , Peekskill, New York (race riot)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peekskill_riots San Juan Nationalist revolt 1950 · Revolt against the United States Government in Puerto Rico (placed at San Juan) 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 Ricohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan_Nationalist_revolt Lillie Mae Bradford 1951 · American civil rights activist (1928–2017) (placed at Montgomery) On May 11, 1951, Lillie Mae Bradford , four years before Rosa Park's more publicized action, performed an act of civil disobedience on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama , for which she was arrested, on a charge of disorderly conduct . She saw that the bus driver had punched her ticket for the wrong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillie_Mae_Bradford Murders of Harry and Harriette Moore 1951 · 1951 murders of activists in Mims, Florida (placed at Mims) On December 25, 1951, the house of Harry and Harriette Moore in Mims, Florida was bombed. Harry died while being transported to the hospital, while Harriette died nine days later of her injuries. Their assassination made them the first martyrs of the movement and was the first assassination of any ahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Harry_and_Harriette_Moore Montgomery bus boycott 1956 · 1950s American protest against racial segregation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_bus_boycott Thomas B. Stanley 1956 · American politician (1890–1970) (placed at Spencer) June 23 – Virginia Governor Thomas B. Stanley and Board of Education decide to continue segregated schools into 1956.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_B._Stanley Battle of Hayes Pond 1958 · 1958 KKK–Lumbee armed confrontation 1958 – Battle of Hayes Pond , January 18, Maxton, North Carolina , Armed confrontation between members of the NC Lumbee tribe and the KKK.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hayes_Pond Escambia High School 1958 · Public school in Pensacola, Florida, United States 1976 — Escambia High School riots , February 5, Pensacola, Floridahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escambia_High_School Hawaii 1959 · U.S. state 1931 – Hawaii unrest, caused by Massie Trial —murder following an alleged rapehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii Ax Handle Saturday 1960 · 1960 race riot in Jacksonville, Florida (placed at James Weldon Johnson Park) 1960 – Ax Handle Saturday , August 27, Jacksonville, Florida (race riot)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ax_Handle_Saturday Greensboro sit-ins 1960 · 1960 nonviolent protests in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensboro_sit-ins Ruby Bridges 1960 · American civil rights activist (born 1954) (placed at Tylertown) November 14 – Ruby Bridges becomes the first African-American child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South ( William Frantz Elementary School ) following court-ordered integration in New Orleans , Louisiana . This event was portrayed by Norman Rockwell in his 1964 painting The Problemhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Bridges Ole Miss riot of 1962 1962 · Civil unrest in Mississippi, United States 1962 – Ole Miss riot 1962 , September 3 – October 1, The University of Mississippi , Oxford, Mississippi (race riot caused by integration efforts to enroll James Meredith at the university)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Miss_riot_of_1962 16th Street Baptist Church bombing 1963 · 1963 terrorist attack in Birmingham, Alabama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing Birmingham riot of 1963 1963 · 1963 unrest following the targeted bombings of Civil Rights leaders in Birmingham, AL, US (placed at Birmingham) 1963 – Birmingham riot of 1963 , May 11, Birmingham, Alabama (race riot)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_riot_of_1963 Cambridge riots of 1963 1963 · Race riots in Cambridge, Maryland, US (placed at Cambridge) 1963 – Cambridge riot 1963 , June 14, Cambridge, Maryland (race riot)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_riots_of_1963 March on Washington 1963 · 1963 civil rights movement demonstration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_Washington 1964 Philadelphia race riot 1964 · Civil unrest in the African-American community 1964 – Philadelphia 1964 race riot , August 28–30, Philadelphiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Philadelphia_race_riot Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner 1964 · 1964 murders of activists in Mississippi, US (placed at Neshoba County) In the trial of accused killers in the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner , the jury convicts 7 of 18 accused men. Conspirator Edgar Ray Killen is later convicted in 2005.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Chaney%2C_Goodman%2C_and_Schwerner Yorkville, Manhattan 1964 · Neighborhood in New York City 1964 – The July 16 killing of James Powell by police in the 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 Cityhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkville%2C_Manhattan Selma to Montgomery marches 1965 · 1965 nonviolent protests for African-American voting rights in Alabama, United States (placed at Selma) 1965 – Selma to Montgomery marches , March 7–25, Alabamahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches Watts riots 1965 · 1965 riots in Los Angeles, United States 1965 – Watts riots , August 11–17, Los Angeles, California (part of the ghetto riots )https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_riots Benton Harbor, Michigan 1966 · City in Michigan, United States 1966 – Benton Harbor riots , August 30 – September 4, Benton Harbor, Michiganhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benton_Harbor%2C_Michigan Division Street riots 1966 · 1966 civil unrest in Chicago (placed at Chicago) 1966 – Division Street riots , June 12–14, Humboldt Park, Chicago, Illinois (Puerto Rican riots)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_Street_riots Hough riots 1966 · Civil unrest and rioting in Cleveland, Ohio in 1966 (placed at Hough) 1966 – Hough riots , July 18–24, Cleveland, Ohiohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hough_riots 1967 Buffalo riot 1967 · Race riot in New York, United States (placed at Buffalo) 1967 – Buffalo riot of 1967 , June 27, Buffalo, New Yorkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Buffalo_riot 1967 Cambridge riot 1967 · Race riot in Maryland, United States (placed at Cambridge) 1967 – Cambridge riot of 1967 , July 24, a.k.a. the H. Rap Brown riot, Cambridge, Marylandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Cambridge_riot 1967 Detroit riot 1967 · American riot 1967 – 1967 Detroit riot , July 23–29, Detroit, Michiganhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot 1967 Newark riots 1967 · Armed conflicts in Newark, New Jersey, United States 1967 – 1967 Newark riots , July 12–17, Newark, New Jerseyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Newark_riots 1967 Plainfield riots 1967 · Race riots in New Jersey, United States (placed at Plainfield) 1967 – 1967 Plainfield riots , July 14–21, Plainfield, New Jerseyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Plainfield_riots Hartford, Connecticut 1967 · Capital city of Connecticut, U.S. 1967 – 1967 Hartford riot , July 14, Hartford, Connecticuthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford%2C_Connecticut Racial unrest in Cairo, Illinois 1967–1973 · Racial unrest and ethnic riots in Cairo, Illinois from 1967 to 1973 (placed at Cairo) 1967 – Cairo riot , July 17, Cairo, Illinoishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_unrest_in_Cairo%2C_Illinois 1968 Baltimore riot 1968 · Civil unrest between April 6 and 14, 1968 1968 – Baltimore riot of 1968 , April 6–14, Baltimore, Marylandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Baltimore_riot 1968 Chicago riots 1968 · Rioting and looting event (April 5–7) 1968 – 1968 Chicago riots , West Side Riots, April 5–7, Chicago, Illinoishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Chicago_riots 1968 Democratic National Convention protests 1968 · Anti-Vietnam War protests and resulting Chicago police reaction (placed at Chicago) 1968 – 1968 Democratic National Convention protests , including the police riots of August 27–28, Chicago, Illinoishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention_protests 1968 Louisville riots 1968 · Unrest in Parkland after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination (placed at Louisville) 1968 – Louisville riots of 1968 , May 27, Louisville, Kentuckyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Louisville_riots 1968 Washington, D.C., riots 1968 1968 – 1968 Washington, D.C. riots , April 4–8, Washington, D.C.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_riots Coney Island 1968 · Neighborhood in New York City 1968 – 1968 Coney Islands Riots , July 19–22, Coney Island , New York City , 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.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coney_Island Glenville shootout 1968 · 1968 gun battle in Cleveland, Ohio, US 1968 – Glenville Shootout , July 23–28, Cleveland, Ohiohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenville_shootout Orangeburg Massacre 1968 · 1968 shooting of student protesters 1968 – Orangeburg Massacre , S.C. State Univ., February 8, Orangeburg, South Carolinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangeburg_Massacre 1969 Greensboro uprising 1969 · Riots in Greensboro, North Carolina (placed at Greensboro) 1969 – 1969 Greensboro uprising , May 21–25, Greensboro, North Carolinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Greensboro_uprising Altamont Free Concert 1969 · 1969 music festival in northern California 1969 – Altamont Free Concert , December 6, concert turned near-riot in the Altamont Speedway outside of Tracy, California .https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert Stonewall riots 1969 · 1969 LGBTQ uprising in the US 1969 – Stonewall riots , June 28 – July 2, New York City, New Yorkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots Zip to Zap 1969 · North Dakota spring break riot dispersed by the U.S. National Guard (placed at Zap) 1969 – Zip to Zap riot, May 9–11, Zap, North Dakotahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_to_Zap 1970 San Francisco Police Department Park Station bombing 1970 · 1970 bombing in California, US 1970 — San Francisco Police Department Park Station bombing , February 16, San Francisco, CAhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_San_Francisco_Police_Department_Park_Station_bombing Hard Hat Riot 1970 · 1970 riot in New York, New York, United States (placed at New York City Hall) 1970 — Hard Hat Riot , Wall Street, May 8, New York Cityhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Hat_Riot Jackson State killings 1970 · Police killings of students (1970) 1970 — Jackson State killings , May 14—15, two killed, Jackson, Mississippihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_State_killings Kent State shootings 1970 · 1970 shootings in Kent, Ohio, US 1970 — Kent State riots/shootings , May 4, 1970, four killed, Kent, Ohiohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings Nationwide student anti-war strike of 1970 1970 · American anti-war protest (placed at Yale University) 1970 — Student strike of 1970 , May 1970https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_student_anti-war_strike_of_1970 Sterling Hall bombing 1970 · US domestic terror attack 1970 — Sterling Hall bombing , Univ. of Wisc., August 24, one killed, Madison, Wisconsinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Hall_bombing 1971 May Day protests against the Vietnam War 1971 · Mass civil disobedience protests in Washington, D.C. (placed at Washington, D.C.) 1971 — May Day protests 1971 , May 3, Washington, D.C.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_May_Day_protests_against_the_Vietnam_War Attica Prison riot 1971 · 1971 prisoner rebellion in New York 1971 — Attica Prison uprising , September 9—13, at least 39 killed, Attica, New Yorkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attica_Prison_riot Camden Riot of 1971 1971 · 1971 public disorder in New Jersey, US (placed at Camden) 1971 — Camden riots , August 1971, Camden, New Jerseyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden_Riot_of_1971 Colonia, Oxnard, California 1971 · Neighborhood of Oxnard in Ventura, California, United States 1971 — Colonia riots, July 18—19, Colonia, California 38 people arrested.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonia%2C_Oxnard%2C_California Killing of Clifford Glover 1973 · 1973 police shooting of a child in New York City (placed at New York City) 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 Yorkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Clifford_Glover Symbionese Liberation Army 1973–1975 · American militant organization (1973–1975) (placed at San Francisco) 1974 — SLA Shootout , May 17, Los Angeles, Californiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbionese_Liberation_Army Wounded Knee Occupation 1973 · 1973 American Indian occupation protest 1973 — Wounded Knee incident , February 27 — May 8, Wounded Knee, South Dakotahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Occupation Humboldt Park riot 1977 · 1977 riot in Chicago, Illinois (placed at Chicago) 1977 — Humboldt Park riot , June 5—6, Chicago, Illinoishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_Park_riot Killing of José Campos Torres 1977 · American killing in police custody (placed at Houston) 1978 — Moody Park riot , May 5, 1978, Houston, Texashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jos%C3%A9_Campos_Torres New York City blackout of 1977 1977 · Major electricity blackout 1977 — New York City Blackout riot 1977 , July 13—14, New York City, New Yorkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_blackout_of_1977 Greensboro massacre 1979 · 1979 massacre in North Carolina 1979 — Greensboro massacre , November 3, Shootout between members of the Communist Workers Party and members of the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party . Greensboro, North Carolina.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensboro_massacre Herman Hill riot 1979 · Riot in Wichita, Kansas, United States 1979 — Herman Hill riot , April 15, Wichita, Kansashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hill_riot White Night riots 1979 · 1979 riots in San Francisco, California, US (placed at San Francisco) 1979 — White Night riots , May 1979, San Francisco, Californiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Night_riots 1980 Miami riots 1980 · Period of civil unrest in Miami, Florida (placed at Miami) 1980 – Miami riot 1980 , May 17–19, Miami, Floridahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Miami_riots New Mexico State Penitentiary riot 1980 · Most violent prison riot in U.S. history 1980 – New Mexico State Penitentiary riot , February 2–3, Santa Fe, New Mexicohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_Penitentiary_riot Wrightsville, Georgia 1980 · City in Georgia, United States 1980 – Wrightsville, Georgia unrest, April–May, extended period of racially motivated brawls, shootings and arsons between Blacks and Whites,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrightsville%2C_Georgia 1982 Overtown riot 1982 · Riot in Miami in 1982 (placed at Overtown) 1982 – 1982 Overtown riot , December 28, Miami, Floridahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Overtown_riot 1984 Lawrence, Massachusetts riot 1984 · Race riot in Lawrence, Massachusetts (placed at Lawrence) 1984 – Tower Hill riot , Lawrence, Massachusettshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Lawrence%2C_Massachusetts_riot 1985 MOVE bombing 1985 · 1985 aerial bombing by police in Philadelphia 1985 – 1985 MOVE bombing , May 13, Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MOVE_bombing 1988 Tompkins Square Park riot 1988 · Riot and civil disorder in New York City 1988 – Tompkins Square Park riot , August 6–7, New York Cityhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Tompkins_Square_Park_riot Cedar Grove, Shreveport, Louisiana 1988 · Neighborhood in Louisiana 1988 – Cedar Grove, Shreveport, Louisianahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Grove%2C_Shreveport%2C_Louisiana 1991 Washington, D.C., riot 1991 · Protests against police killings (placed at Mount Pleasant) 1991 – 1991 Washington, DC riot , Mount Pleasant riot, May 5–9, Washington, D.C.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_riot Crown Heights riot 1991 · 1991 racial riot in Brooklyn, New York City 1991 – Crown Heights riot , August 1991, Brooklyn, New Yorkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Heights_riot Overtown (Miami) 1991 · Neighborhood of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States 1991 – Overtown, Miami , June 28, Riot in the heavily Black section of Overtown against Cuban Americans. Miami, Floridahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtown_%28Miami%29 1992 Los Angeles riots 1992 · Riots and protests following the beating of Rodney King (placed at Los Angeles) 1992 – 1992 Los Angeles riots , April–May 1992, Los Angeles, Californiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots 1996 riots in St. Petersburg, Florida 1996 · (placed at St. Petersburg) 1996 – St. Petersburg, Florida Riot 1996 , October 1996, St. Petersburg, Floridahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_riots_in_St._Petersburg%2C_Florida Million Woman March 1997 · 1997 American protest in Philadelphia (placed at Philadelphia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Woman_March North Hollywood shootout 1997 · 1997 robbery and shootout in Los Angeles 1997 – North Hollywood shootout , February 1997, Los Angeles, Californiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hollywood_shootout 1999 Seattle WTO protests 1999 · Series of anti-globalization demonstrations (placed at Seattle Convention Center) 1999 – WTO Meeting of 1999 , "The Battle of Seattle", November 1999, Seattle, Washingtonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Seattle_WTO_protests 2000 Puerto Rican Day Parade attacks 2000 · Attacks in New York City, US (placed at Manhattan) 2000 – Puerto Rican Day Parade attacks , June 11, Central Park , New York Cityhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Puerto_Rican_Day_Parade_attacks Brooks Brothers riot 2000 · 2000 U.S. political demonstration (placed at Miami-Dade County) 2000 – Brooks Brothers riot , November 22, Miami-Dade County, Floridahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot Marion, Alabama 2007 · City in Alabama, United States February 18 – After a peaceful nighttime protest march in Marion, Alabama , state troopers turn off the streetlights, break up the march, and one trooper shoots Jimmie Lee Jackson . Jackson dies on February 26. His death helped inspire the Selma to Montgomery marches. Though not prosecuted at the tihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion%2C_Alabama 2009 G20 Pittsburgh summit 2009 · 3rd meeting of the G20, held in US (placed at Pittsburgh) 2009 – 2009 G20 Pittsburgh summit protests, September 24–25, 193 arrestedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_G20_Pittsburgh_summit Killing of Oscar Grant 2009 · 2009 police killing in Oakland, California 2009 – Riots against BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant , January 7, 120 arrested, Oakland, Californiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Oscar_Grant 2011 Wisconsin protests 2011 · Demonstrations against proposed state legislation 2011 – Madison Occupation . Protestors storm and occupy the Wisconsin state capitol building for 18 days.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Wisconsin_protests Occupy Oakland 2011 · Protest group against economic inequality 2011 – Occupy Oakland Oakland protests riots. October.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Oakland Occupy Wall Street 2011 · 2011 American protest movement 2011 – Occupy Wall Street ( Brooklyn Bridge protests).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street 2012 Anaheim, California police shooting and protests 2012 · Protests of July 2012, in the US, that involved two fatal shootings by police officers (placed at Anaheim) 2012 – Anaheim police shooting and protests , July 28.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Anaheim%2C_California_police_shooting_and_protests 2012 Chicago NATO summit 2012 · 2012 NATO summit meeting in Chicago, Illinois, United States (placed at McCormick Place) 2012 – NATO 2012 Chicago Summit , May.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Chicago_NATO_summit Killing of Trayvon Martin 2012 · 2012 killing of teenager in Sanford, Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Trayvon_Martin Black Lives Matter 2013 · Social movement originating in the US (placed at Oakland, California) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter 2014 Oakland riots 2014 · Civil unrest in California, United States (placed at Oakland) 2014 – 2014 Oakland riots , November–December,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Oakland_riots Bundy standoff 2014 · 2014 armed confrontation in Nevada, US 2014 – Bundy Standoff , April 5–May,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundy_standoff Ferguson unrest 2014 · Aftermath of the shooting of Michael Brown 2014 – Ferguson unrest , Ferguson and St. Louis, Missouri , August 10 and November 24. Following the shooting death of Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_unrest Killing of Eric Garner 2014 · 2014 police killing of a black man in New York City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Eric_Garner Killing of Michael Brown 2014 · 2014 police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Michael_Brown 2015 Baltimore protests 2015 · Protests against police brutality in Baltimore, Maryland 2015 – 2015 Baltimore protests , April 25–28 following the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Baltimore_protests Charleston church shooting 2015 · 2015 mass shooting in South Carolina, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_church_shooting Killing of Freddie Gray 2015 · 2015 death in custody of Baltimore Police (placed at Baltimore) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Freddie_Gray 2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest 2016 2016 – Donald Trump Chicago rally protest , March 11.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Donald_Trump_Chicago_rally_protest 2016 Milwaukee riots 2016 · Series of demonstrations against police brutality in southeast Wisconsin (placed at Milwaukee) 2016 – Milwaukee riots , Sherman Park, August 13–15. Milwaukee, Wisconsin , sparked by the fatal police shooting of 23-year-old Sylville Smith.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Milwaukee_riots Dakota Access Pipeline protests 2016–2017 · 2016–17 series of protests in the United States (placed at Standing Rock Indian Reservation) 2016 – Dakota Access Pipeline protests , 411 protesters arrested.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Access_Pipeline_protests Killing of Alton Sterling 2016 · 2016 police killing of a black man in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States 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.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Alton_Sterling Killing of Keith Lamont Scott 2016 · 2016 American police shooting 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.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Keith_Lamont_Scott Killing of Philando Castile 2016 · 2016 police killing in Falcon Heights, Minnesota https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Philando_Castile Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge 2016 · 2016 militant action in Oregon, US 2016 – Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge , January–February, One killed and several dozen arrested at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge , Oregon.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Malheur_National_Wildlife_Refuge Unite the Right rally 2017 · 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia 2017 – Unite the Right rally , Charlottesville, Virginia, August 11–12, opposition to the removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Leehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Right_rally 2020 Minneapolis false rumors riot 2020 · Unrest after a suicide incident 2020 – Minneapolis false rumors riothttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Minneapolis_false_rumors_riot Black Lives Matter Plaza 2020 · Section of 16th Street in Washington, D.C., designated in June 2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter_Plaza George Floyd protests 2020 · 2020–2023 police brutality protests (placed at United States) 2020 – George Floyd protests , May 26https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests Kenosha unrest 2020 · Reaction to the 2020 shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin, U.S. (placed at Kenosha) 2020 – Kenosha unrest , August 23–28, Kenosha, Wisconsinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosha_unrest Killing of Breonna Taylor 2020 · 2020 police killing in Louisville, Kentucky, US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Breonna_Taylor Murder of George Floyd 2020 · 2020 police murder in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_George_Floyd 2021 Uptown Minneapolis unrest 2021 · Protests after the police killing of Winston Boogie Smith, beginning June 2021 2021 – 2021 Uptown Minneapolis unrest , June 3–7https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Uptown_Minneapolis_unrest Daunte Wright protests 2021 · Series of demonstrations and riots in response to a police shooting in April 2021 (placed at Brooklyn Center) 2021 – Daunte Wright protests , April 11 – February 18, 2022https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daunte_Wright_protests January 6 United States Capitol attack 2021 · 2021 attack to stop election certification 2021 – January 6 United States Capitol attackhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack Stop Cop City 2021 · American social movement 2021–2023 – Stop Cop Cityhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Cop_City 2023 Union Square riot 2023 · Riot in Manhattan, New York August 4, 2023 – Union Square riothttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Union_Square_riot Gaza war protests in the United States 2023 · Protests relating to the Gaza war (placed at United States) October 2023–present – Gaza war protests in the United Stateshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war_protests_in_the_United_States Killing of Tyre Nichols 2023 · 2023 police killing of American man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Tyre_Nichols June 2025 Los Angeles protests against mass deportation 2025 · Series of protests in California, U.S. (placed at Los Angeles) June 2025 – June 2025 Los Angeles protests , as part of the 2025 protests against mass deportationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2025_Los_Angeles_protests_against_mass_deportation Emmett Till American lynching victim (1941–1955) (placed at Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul Reaction to death of an unarmed black man (placed at Minneapolis–Saint Paul) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests_in_Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul Little Rock Nine African-American students enrolled at a previously segregated high school https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine Mary Hamilton (activist) American civil rights activist (1935–2002) (placed at Cedar Rapids) April – Mary Lucille Hamilton , Field Secretary for the Congress of Racial Equality , refuses to answer a judge in Gadsden, Alabama , until she is addressed by the honorific " Miss ". At the time, it was the southern custom to address white people by honorifics and people of color by their first namhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Hamilton_%28activist%29