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The Philadelphia nativist riots (also known as the Philadelphia Prayer Riots, the Bible Riots and the Native American Riots) were a series of riots that took place on May 6—8 and July 6—7, 1844, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and the adjacent districts of Kensington and Southwark.
Pennsylvania Hall riot, an 1838 riot where a venue was attacked by anti-abolitionists; Lombard Street riot, an 1842 riot where black freemen were attacked by an Irish Catholic mob; Philadelphia nativist riots, in May and June 1844, against Irish Catholic immigrants; Race riots in Philadelphia during the 1919 Red Summer, a series of riots ...
The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot (1922) on Chicago race riot of 1919; Dobrin, Adam, ed. Statistical handbook on violence in America (Oryx, 1996) hundreds of tables and charts, focused on late 20th century. Feldberg, Michael, The Philadelphia Riots of 1844: A Study of Ethnic Conflict (1975); Feldberg.
Dress uniform of the Old Guard State Fencibles. The Old Guard State Fencibles was a militia organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that existed between 1813 and 1981.. The Old Guard State Fencibles, "a military organization raised in Philadelphia in 1813 as part of the Pennsylvania militia and continued as a unit in the National Guard until independent battalions were abolished around 1900.
Irish took industrial positions. In the 1840s and 1850s, anti-Catholic sentiment grew against the Irish, and eventually led up to riots, such as the Philadelphia nativist riots and the Lombard Street riot. Eventually the Irish gained financial and social status in the latter half of the 19th century and founded institutions during the period.
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View of the churchyard at St. Michael's Church. The initial church was destroyed in the Nativist Riots of 1844. The unrest began when the Catholic Bishop Francis Kenrick petitioned the Public School Board to allow use of the Douay-Rheims (Catholic) translation of the Bible by Catholic students, instead of forcing them to use the Authorized (King James/Protestant) Version as did other students.
Today marks 39 years since Philadelphia police bombed the MOVE home, which left 11 members of the Black Liberation group dead, 61 homes destroyed, and over 250 people homeless.