US Civil Unrest 1900-1999

92 events

1900 – Akron Riot of 1900, OH mob arson black lynching attempt.

1900 – New Orleans Riot LA jail keeper shot by inmate.

1901 – Denver Riots, CO union vs non-union miners.

1901 – New York Race Riots black man kills policeman.

1901 – Pierce City Riots, MO white mob stormed jail and lynched 3 blacks.

1902 – Liverpool Riots, Denver, Colorado

1903 – Colorado Labor Wars, mine owners vs unions.

1903 – Anthracite Coal Strike, PA winter coal miners’ strike broken.

1903 – Evansville Race Riot, Evansville, Indiana

1903 – Motormen's Riot, Richmond, Virginia

1905 - 1905 Chicago teamsters' strike, 21 killed and 416 injured.

1906 – Atlanta Riots, GA white mob attacks blacks.

1907 – Bellingham riots, WA white mob beats Sikh immigrants.

1908 – Springfield Race Riot, IL attempted lynching of blacks for rape and murder.

1909 – Greek Town riot, Omaha, NE Greek immigrant shoots police for arresting his tutor.

1910 – Johnson–Jeffries riots black wins boxing championship and cities riot.

1910–  Bandit War TX Mexican bandits raided border towns.

1910 – Philadelphia general strike (1910), PA trolley strike went city-wide.

1912 – Lawrence textile strike, MA law shortened women’s work week to 54 hours.

1913 – Wheatland Riot, CA farm workers strike.

1913 – Paterson silk strike, NJ union demands 8 hour day.

1913 – Copper Country Strike of 1913–1914, MI miners more pay for less hours.

1913 – Indianapolis streetcar strike of 1913, IN union strike to ban non-union workers.

1914 – Ludlow massacre, CO union coal miner’s strike over pay for tonnage.

1916 – Preparedness Day bombing, SF CA protest US entry to WWI.

1916 – Everett massacre, WA striking, armed union shingle makers vs police.

1917 – East St. Louis Race Riots, MO striking union vs black non-union replacements.

1917 – Springfield Vigilante Riot, Springfield, Missouri

1917 – Green Corn Rebellion, OK uprising against military conscription.

1917 – Houston Race riot, TX armed black soldiers react to segregation laws.

1917 – St. Paul Streetcar Riots, October and December, St. Paul, Minnesota

1918 – Detroit trolley riot, forced electrification.

1919 – Seattle General Strike, WA unions protest government wage controls.

1919 – May Day Riots, OH,MA,NY Communist Party parade vs residents.

1919 – Red Summer, whites riot against blacks

1919 – Jenkins County, Georgia, riot of 1919 GA black church event draws police.

1919 – Charleston riot of 1919, SC white sailors vs black residents.

1919 – Bisbee Riot, AZ black soldiers vs police.

1919 – Macon, Mississippi, race riot, MS white residents attack black residents.

1919 – Washington race riot of 1919, DC black population grew.

1919 – Chicago race riot, IL white vs black turf war.

1919 – Knoxville race riot, TN white lynch mob stormed jail for black suspect.

1919 – Longview race riot, TX white woman black man hysteria.

1919 – Omaha race riot, NE white union strikers vs black non-union replacements

1919 – Elaine race riot, AK blacks attending union organizing meetings were attacked.

1919 – Baltimore riot of 1919, MD white soldiers claimed they were attacked by black residents.

1919 – Annapolis riot of 1919, MD black trainees attack black residents.

1919 – Boston Police Strike, MA union organizing opposed.

1919 – Steel Strike of 1919, PA

1919 – Centralia Massacre, WA

1920 – Battle of Matewan, WV coal miner’s union organizing attempt and shootout.

1920 – Ocoee massacre, FL whites attack blacks.

1921 – Tulsa Race Riot, OK whites attack blacks.

1921 – Battle of Blair Mountain, WV miner’s union organizing attempt vs US Army.

1922 – Herrin Massacre, IL union miner’s strike resulted in hiring non-union replacements.

1922 – Straw Hat Riot, NYC hat stompers angered hat owners.

1922 – Perry race riot, FL rape case brings lynch mob.

1923 – Rosewood Massacre, FL rape rumor whites attack blacks.

1925 – Ossian Sweet incident, Detroit, MI rape rumor whites attack blacks.

1927 – Poughkeepsie, NY

1927 – Columbine Mine Massacre, CO striking miners stormed company gates.

1929 – Loray Mill strike, Gastonia, NC textile mill owners double work, cut wages.

1931 – Battle of Evarts, KY coal miner’s strike vs national guard.

1931 – Chicago Rent Strike Riot, IL

1931 – Hawaii Riot, HI white police vs native police.

1932 – Bonus Army March, DC WWI vets demand their bonus payments

1932 – Ford Hunger March, MI 3,000 unemployed workers march on Ford Motors, five are killed.

1934 – Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, MN began with Teamsters strike vs police.

1934 – Auto-Lite strike, "Battle of Toledo" riot, OH AFL union strikers vs national guard.

1934 – 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike, West Coast ports unionized.

1934 – Textile workers strike (1934) New England textile jobs taken south.

1934 – Detroit World Series riot, MI fans threw things at umpires. Detroit lost.

1935 – Harlem Riot, NYC rumors that a black shoplifter was beaten.

1935 – Southern Tenant Farmers' Union Riot, AK

1935 – Terre Haute General Strike, IN union vs National guard.

1937 – Flint Sit-Down Strike, MI UAW GM union focused on big 3 automakers.

1937 – Battle of the Overpass, Dearborn, MI union activists march on Ford Motors stopped by security.

1937 – Republic Steel Strike, Chicago, IL union activists march on Republic Steel stopped by police

1939 – U.S. Nazi Riot, New York City

1942 – Sojourner Truth Homes Riot, Detroit, MI,

1943 – Beaumont race riot of 1943, TX rumors of black rape.

1943 – Zoot Suit Riots, July 3, LA CA, anti-Hispanic and anti-zoot suit.

1943 – Detroit race riot of 1943, MI rumors of black rape and white police killing black man.

1943 – Harlem riot of 1943, NYC white police shoot black man rumor.

1946 – Columbia race riot of 1946, TN

1946 – Battle of Athens (1946), TN revolt by citizens against corrupt local government,

1946 – Airport Homes race riots, Chicago IL activists oppose black integration in housing.

1947 - Fernwood Park race riot, Chicago, IL black activists ignoring segregation of pool.

1949 - Fairground Park riot, St. Louis MO activists supporting end of segregation.

1949 – Anacostia Pool Riot, WA interracial swimming pools.

1949 – Peekskill riots, Peekskill, NY pro vs anti-communist groups

1949 - Englewood race riot, Chicago, IL interracial union meetings stoke fears of neighborhood takeovers.

1950 – San Juan Nationalist revolt, Puerto Rico Communist revolt failed.

1951 – Cicero race riot of 1951, July 12, Cicero, Illinois

1956 – Mansfield School Integration Incident  TX 400 armed pro-segregationists block 12 black children from entering HS.

1958 – Battle of Hayes Pond, NC, KKK vs black American Indian “tribe”.

1959 – Harriett-Henderson Cotton Mills Strike Henderson, NC.

1960 – HUAC riot, SF CA Marxist Students protest House Un-American Activities Committee hearings.

1960 – Newport Jazz Festival Riot, RI sold out, those turned away attack town.

1960 – El Cajon Boulevard Riot, San Diego, CA banned drag racing on air field.

1960 – Ax Handle Saturday, Jacksonville FL KKK vs blacks over restaurant access.

1962 – Ole Miss riot 1962, MS admits black student

1963 – Birmingham riot of 1963, AL civil rights march prompts bombing by KKK.

1963 – Cambridge riot 1963, MD civil rights sit-ins prompt reaction.

1964 – Harlem Riot of 1964, NYC police shooting black kids throwing bottles.

1964 – Rochester 1964 race riot, NY police arrest drunk black man, bystanders throw bricks at police.

1964 – Jersey City Riot, NJ police arrest drunk black woman, bystanders throw rocks at police.

1964 -  Dixmoor race riot, Ill police arrest black woman for stealing gin, rioters attack liquor store.

1964 – Philadelphia 1964 race riot, PA police arrest black woman for blocking street.

1965 – Selma to Montgomery marches, AL police attack civil rights marchers.

1965 – Watts riots, August 11–17, Los Angeles CA police arrest black woman for reckless driving.

1966 – Division Street riots, Chicago Ill Puerto Rican pride parade. Police shooting prompts riots.

1966 – Omaha riot of 1966, NE police confront blacks who then trash their police cars.

1966 – 1966 Chicago West-Side riots, Ill police arrest armed robber, blacks burn retail stores.

1966 – Hough riots, OH blacks looted and burned their white-owned stores.

1966 – Marquette Park housing march, Chicago blacks marched, white residents threw bottles and burned cars.

1966 – Waukegan riot, Ill black police officer tried to arrest a black man, riots followed.

1966 – Benton Harbor riots, MI fatal shooting results in riots.

1966 – Summerhill and Vine City Riots, Atlanta GA civil rights march sparks riots.

1966 – Hunters Point social uprising, SF CA police kill fleeing car thief.

1966 – Sunset Strip curfew riots, Hollywood CA police prompt hippie riots.

1967 – Long Hot Summer of 1967, 159 race riots including:

1967 – Avondale riots, Cincinnati, Ohio, court convicts black serial rapist-killer results in riots.

1967 – Buffalo riot of 1967, NY black teenagers break car and store windows, police intervene.

1967 – 1967 Newark riots, NJ police arrest black cab driver riots included looting and burning.

1967 – 1967 Plainfield riots, NJ outside activists started riots looting and burning followed.

1967 – Cairo riot, Ill black jail inmate found hanged, riots followed.

1967 – 1967 Detroit riot, MI police raided a black, unlicensed bar, riots followed.

1967 – Cambridge riot of 1967, MD activists prompted protest, arson and riots.

1967 – 1967 Saginaw riot, MI riot prompted by other riots.

1967 – Milwaukee riot, WI riots damaged businesses.

1968 – Orangeburg Massacre, SC State student bonfire extinguished and armed riot ensued.

1968 – Memphis Sanitation Strike riot, workplace death triggered the riot and renewed union organizing

1968 – Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4, 

1968 -  Memphis, Tennessee, MLK inspired April 4–14.

1968 – 1968 Detroit riot, MLK inspired April 4–5.

1968 – 1968 New York City riots, MLK inspired April 4–5.

1968 – 1968 Washington, D.C. riots, MLK inspired April 4–8.

1968 – 1968 Chicago riots, MLK inspired April 5–7.

1968 – 1968 Pittsburgh riots, MLK inspired April 5–11.

1968 – Baltimore riot of 1968, MLK inspired April 6–14.

1968 – Avondale riot of 1968, MLK inspired April 8, Cinn OH.

1968 – 1968 Kansas City riot, MLK inspired April 9.

1968 – Wilmington Riot of 1968, MLK inspired April 9–10.

1968 – Trenton Riot of 1968, MLK inspired, April 9–11, NJ.

1968 – Columbia University protests of 1968, Vietnam War inspired April 23, NY.

1968 – Louisville riots of 1968, MLK inspired, May 27, KY

1968 – Akron riot, OH black gang war turns into riot.

1968 – Glenville Shootout, black activist gun battle with police, Cleveland, Ohio

1968 – 1968 Miami riot, activist inspired protest turned into riot.

1968 – 1968 Democratic National Convention protests, Vietnam War protest Chicago, Illinois

1969 – Zip to Zap riot, ND bar doubles the price of beer and students riot.

1969 – People's Park Riots, Berkeley CA students riot over vacant lot.

1969 – 1969 Greensboro uprising, NC activist inspired student protest became a riot.

1969 – Cairo disorders, Ill pitch battles inspired by black activists throughout.

1969 – Stonewall riots, NY Gay rights activists started riots.

1969 – 1969 York Race Riot, PA black teen burned self with lighter, blamed white kids.

1969 – Days of Rage, Weathermen riot in Chicago, Illinois

1970 - San Francisco Police Department Park Station bombing, CA pipe bomb from Weathermen.

1970 – University of Puerto Rico riot, Vietnam War protest.

1970 – Student strike of 1970, MD armory student riot over Cambodia.

1970 – Kent State riots/shootings, OH sniper shooting at student protest over Cambodia.

1970 – New Haven Green Disorders, Black Panther trial dismissed.

1970 – Augusta Riot, GA black protestors shot by police.

1970 – Hard Hat Riot, NY students protesting Kent State, Vietnam attacked by union members.

1970 – Jackson State killings, MS rock throwing black students vs police, fires, cars overturned.

1970 - 1970 Asbury Park race riots, NJ blacks riot costing $6 million property damage.

1970 – 1970 Memorial Park riot, MI City closes drug-dealing park, hippies riot.

1970 – Sterling Hall bombing, WI military funded physics lab bombed.

1970 – Chicano Moratorium riot, LA CA police drop tear gas on Latino anti-war activists.

1971 – Wilmington riot 1971, NC black students convicted of arson produced riot.

1971 – May Day protests 1971, DC anti-war protest tear gassed by police.

1971 – Camden riots, NJ Hispanics riot over police treatment. August 1971.

1971 – Attica Prison uprising, NY Inmates riot and take over prison.

1973 – Wounded Knee incident, SD reservation Indians oust their leader for corruption.

1973 - Shooting of Clifford Glover Riot, NY police shot black 10 year old boy.

1974 – SLA Shootout, LA CA police battle SLA gang in shootout.

1974 – Baltimore police strike, MD police strike ended the police union.

1974 – Boston busing race riots MA 20,000 white students left public schools.

1975 – Livernois–Fenkell riot, MI black teen shot but didn’t have a weapon.

1976 – Escambia High School riots, FL student dispute over team name “Rebels”, Pensacola.

1976 – Anti-busing riot in downtown Boston, MA students attack over busing issue.

1976 – Marquette Park unrest, Chicago Ill Marxists clash with Nazis.

1977 – Humboldt Park riot, Chicago, Illinois rival Puerto Rican gangs do battle.

1977 – New York City Blackout riot 1977, wide-spread looting, property damage and arson.

1978 – Moody Park riot, TX police beat Latino soldier to death.

1979 - Herman Hill riot, Wichita, KS police called to noisy rock concert insight riot.

1979 – White Night riots, SF CA murderer gets reduced sentence insights riot.

1979 – Greensboro massacre, NC rally battle Communists vs KKK

1980 – New Mexico State Penitentiary riot, inmates took over prison.

1980 – Miami riot 1980, FL police killed man in chase and were acquitted.

1982 – Miami riot 1982, FL police shoot a black video game player in an arcade.

1986 – Marquette Park KKK rally, Chicago Ill black activists hold counter rally.

1988 – Tompkins Square Park riot, NYC curfew in drug-dealing park causes riot.

1988 – Cedar Grove, Shreveport, LA drug shooting triggers police blockade causing riot.

1989 – 1989 Miami riot, FL police shot and killed a black motorcycle rider.

1991 – 1991 Washington, DC riot, police shoot Latino.

1991 – Crown Heights riot, NY blacks attack Jewish area in large riot.

1992 – L.A. Rodney King riots, CA police beat black man after chase.

1992 - West Las Vegas riots, police acquitted for Rodney King beating.

1992 – 1992 Washington Heights riots, NY police shoot Latino man.

1996 – St. Petersburg, Florida Riot 1996, FL police shoot black teen in traffic stop.

1997 – North Hollywood shootout, CA police shoot bank robbers.

1999 – Michigan State University student riot, lost basketball game. $500,000 damage.

1999 – Woodstock '99 music festival incident, Rome NY rapes and litter.

1999 – WTO Meeting of 1999, "The Battle in Seattle" WA anti-capitalist riot. $20 million damage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_civil_unrest_in_the_United_States

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader