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1992 Los Angeles riots; Cloward–Piven strategy, derived from the riots in the 1960s; History of African-Americans in Los Angeles; List of ethnic riots; List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States; Billy G. Mills (born 1929), Los Angeles City Councilman, 1963–74, investigated the Watts riots
Rapid urbanization has led to the rise of urban riots, often inner city. John F. McDonald and Daniel P. McMillen have identified Los Angeles's Watts Riots, in 1965, as the first "urban riots" in the United States. They were a part of what were known as race riots of the civil rights period. These riots in particular culminated in 1968–1969.
The term ghetto riots, also termed ghetto rebellions, race riots, or negro riots refers to a period of widespread urban unrest and riots across the United States in the mid-to-late 1960s, largely fueled by racial tensions and frustrations with ongoing discrimination, even after the passage of major Civil Rights legislation; highlighting the issues of racial inequality in Northern cities that ...
1871 – Los Angeles anti-Chinese riot, Los Angeles, California; 1873 – Colfax massacre, April 13, Colfax, Louisiana (race related) 1874 – Coushatta massacre, August, An attack by the White League on Republican officeholders and freedmen, Coushatta, Louisiana; 1874 – Election Riot of 1874, Barbour County, Alabama (race related)
The United States experienced a series of "long hot summers" of racial unrest during the mid-to-late 1960s. They started with the Harlem riots in July 1964, and the Watts riots in August 1965. During the first nine months of 1967, over 150 riots erupted across American cities. The most destructive riots were in Detroit, Michigan and Newark, New ...
The L.A. County Board of Supervisors condemns the Zoot Suit Riots that targeted Latino, African American and Filipino youths 80 years ago.
2009 – Riots in Oslo, Copenhagen, London, Belfast, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and other cities following the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict. 2009 – Riot on January 13 in Riga, Latvia , after a peaceful demonstration of people, demanding parliament (Saeima) dissolution.
Los Angeles riots may refer to: 1992 Los Angeles riots, following the acquittal of police officers accused of using excessive force against Rodney King; Watts riots, of 1965, following an arrest for drunk driving in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles; Zoot Suit Riots, in 1943, between Anglo servicemen stationed in the city, and Latino youths