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The 1967 Newark riots were an episode of violent, armed conflict in the streets of Newark, New Jersey.Taking place over a four-day period (between July 12 and July 17, 1967), the Newark riots resulted in at least 26 deaths and hundreds more serious injuries.
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 Jersey. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] By September, 83 people were killed, thousands were injured, tens of millions of dollars' worth of property had been destroyed and entire neighborhoods had been burned.
In 1967, Newark burst into flames. But what lit the match? People couldn’t agree on the cause. They couldn’t even agree on the result. Politicians, and many whites, called the violent event a ...
Ronald Porambo was a journalist most well known for thoroughly covering the 1967 Newark riots. [1] He authored the book No Cause For Indictment: An Autopsy of Newark, which exposed the role of police in the violence that occurred during the riots, which left 26 people dead.
1967 Newark riots 12 July 1967, Newark, New Jersey, US, Factors that contributed to the Newark Riot: police brutality, political exclusion of blacks from city government, urban renewal, inadequate housing, unemployment, poverty, and rapid change in the racial composition of neighborhoods. [10] 1967 Plainfield riots 14 July 1967, Plainfield, New ...
1967 Newark riots: After the arrest of an African-American cab driver for allegedly illegally driving around a police car and gunning it down the road, race riots break out in Newark, New Jersey, lasting 5 days and leaving 26 dead. July 14 – Near Newark, New Jersey, the Plainfield, NJ, riots take place.
Harris, who now lives in New Mexico, is featured in American Experience's upcoming documentary, "The Riot Report." It will air at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1. It will ...
The site of a transient motel in Detroit where three young Black men were killed, allegedly by white police officers, during the city's bloody 1967 race riot is receiving a historic marker. A ...