List of race riots

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This is a list of race riots/sectarian violence by country.

Contents

[edit] Angola

[edit] Australia

[edit] Belgium

[edit] Brazil

[edit] Bulgaria

[edit] Burma

[edit] Canada

[edit] China

[edit] France

  • 2005 civil unrest in France – mainly Paris, but also in other high-immigrant areas.
  • Perpignan (2005) – Perpignan Riots[5] between North African and Roma communities after a man of North African descent was shot dead.
  • Avignon (September 2009) – between Turkish and Morroccan youths (one young of African descent was dead)

[edit] India

[edit] Indonesia

[edit] Israel

[edit] Italy

[edit] Ivory Coast

  • Abidjan, Ivory Coast (2004) - Anti-white riots[14][15]

[edit] Lesotho

[edit] Malaysia

[edit] Mauritania

[edit] Netherlands

  • Utrecht (2007) - Utrecht Riots[18]
  • Amsterdam (2007) - Moroccan-Dutch youth riot[19]

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] Poland

  • Przytyk pogrom (1936) - anti-Jewish riots in Przytyk, on March 9, 1936
  • Kraków pogrom (1945) - anti-Jewish riots that occurred on August 11, 1945, in the city of Kraków
  • Kielce pogrom (1946) - an outbreak of violence against the Jewish community of Kielce, Poland on July 4, 1946
  • Mława pogrom (1991) - a series of violent incidents in June 1991, when a crowd attacked Roma residents of the Polish town of Mława

[edit] Rhodesia

  • Kananga (1925) - Kananga Riot of 1925

[edit] Russia

[edit] Singapore

[edit] Solomon Islands

[edit] South Africa

  • Durban (1949) - Anti-Indian riots, an inter-racial conflict between Zulus and Indians in Durban.[21]
  • Durban (1985) - Anti-Indian riots[22]
  • Port Elizabeth, South Africa (2007) - Anti-Somali riot[23]

[edit] Soviet Union

[edit] Spain

[edit] Sri Lanka

Main article: Riots and pogroms in Sri Lanka

[edit] Tanzania

  • Zanzibar (1964) - The Zanzibar Revolution of January 12, 1964 put an end to the local Arab dynasty. Thousands of Arabs were massacred in riots, and thousands more were detained or fled the island[28][29]

[edit] Tonga

[edit] Turkey

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] United States

Main article: Mass racial violence in the United States
Further information: List of riots and civil unrest in Omaha, Nebraska

[edit] Nativist Period 1700's-1860

  • 1824: Providence, Rhode Island Hardscrabble Riots
  • 1829: Cincinnati, Ohio Rioting against African Americans results in thousands leaving for Canada.[citation needed]
  • 1829: Charlestown Anti-Catholic Riots
  • 1831: Providence, Rhode Island
  • 1834: Massachusetts Convent Burning
  • 1835: Five Points Riot
  • 1836: Cincinnati, Ohio A pro-slavery riot took place
  • 1841: Cincinnati, Ohio White Irish-descendant and Irish immigrant dock workers rioted against Black dock workers. When the Black dock workers banded together to defend their community from the approaching Whites, the White rioters retreated and then commandeered a 6-pound cannon and shot it through the streets of Cincinnati.
  • 1844: Philadelphia Nativist Riots (May 6-8/July 5-8)
  • 1851: Hoboken Anti-German Riot
  • 1855: Louisville Anti-German Riots

[edit] Civil War Period 1861-1865

[edit] Reconstruction Period: 1865 - 1877

  • 1866: New Orleans Riot
  • 1866: Memphis, Tennessee
  • 1868: Pulaski Riot
  • 1868: Opelousas, Louisiana
  • 1868: Camilla, Georgia
  • 1870: Meridian, Mississippi
  • 1870: Eutaw, Alabama
  • 1870: Laurens, South Carolina
  • 1870: New York City Orange Riot
  • 1871: Second New York City Orange Riot
  • 1871: Los Angeles Anti-Chinese Riot
  • 1891: New Orleans Anti-Italian Riot
  • 1873: Colfax massacre
  • 1874: Vicksburg, Mississippi
  • 1874: New Orleans, Louisiana {Liberty place riot see [34]}
  • 1874: Coushatta, Louisiana
  • 1875: Yazoo City, Mississippi
  • 1875: Clinton, Mississippi
  • 1876: Hamburg Massacre
  • 1876: Ellenton, South Carolina

[edit] Jim Crow Period: 1878 - 1914

[edit] War and Inter-War Period: 1914 - 1945

[edit] Postwar era: 1946 - 1954

  • 1946: Columbia, Tennessee Riot

[edit] Civil Rights and Black Power Movement's Period: 1955 - 1977

[edit] Modern

  • 1980: Miami Riots
  • 1980: Chattanooga Riot
  • 1984: Lawrence, Massachusetts Race Riot: A small scale riot centered at the intersection of Haverhill and railroad streets between working class Whites and Hispanics; several buildings were destroyed by Molotov cocktails; August 8, 1984
  • 1990: Inglewood High School riot: A riot that broke out in front of the school between 30 Latino and Blacks after the black students leave the Cinco de Mayo day as revenge for running out on Black History Day.
  • 1991: Crown Heights riot
  • 1992: Los Angeles Riots: In a reaction to the acquittal of all LA police officers involved in the videotaped beating of Rodney King; riots broke out mainly involving Black youths in the Black neighborhoods and shop owners in Korean neighborhoods.
  • 1996: St. Petersburg Riots: After Officer Jim Knight stopped 18 yr. old Tyron Lewis for speeding, his car lurched forward causing Knight to fire his weapon, fatally wounding the black teenager. Riots broke out and lasted for about 2 days.
  • 2001: 2001 Cincinnati riots: In a reaction to the acquittal of Steven Roach after the fatal shooting of an unarmed young Black male, Timothy Thomas, during a foot pursuit, riots broke out over the span of a few days.
  • 2003: Benton Harbor riots
  • 2005: 2005 Toledo Riot: A race riot that broke out after the Neo Nazi protest marched through a black neighborhood.
  • 2006: Fontana High School riot: Riot involving about 500 Latino and black students[45]
  • 2006: Prison Race Riots: A war between Latino and black prison gangs set off a series of riots across California[46][47]
  • 2008: Locke High School riot[48]
  • 2008: Hempstead High School riot. Two days of fighting between Hispanic and black students.[49]
  • 2008: Carrboro High School (North Carolina): a long day of tension between African-Americans and whites
  • 2009: 2009 Oakland Riots: Peaceful protests turned into rioting after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man, Oscar Grant, by a BART transit policeman.

[edit] Zambia

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ How China's taking over Africa, and why the West should be VERY worried
  2. ^ Rebelions in Bahia
  3. ^ Roma riots stir unease in Bulgaria
  4. ^ Xinjiang, China's Restive Northwest
  5. ^ 'Race killing' sparks French riot
  6. ^ Indonesia Turns Its Chinese Into Scapegoats, New York Times
  7. ^ Anti-Chinese riots continue in Indonesia, CNN
  8. ^ Acre faces fourth night of riots, Al Jazeera English
  9. ^ Israeli City Divided by Sectarian Violence, New York Times, October 12, 2008
  10. ^ Police arrest Acre Yom Kippur driver, Jpost, October 12, 2008
  11. ^ Milan police in Chinatown clash
  12. ^ Milan Chinese riot over traffic fine
  13. ^ Mafia killing of immigrants sparks riots near Naples
  14. ^ Rwanda Syndrome on the Ivory Coast
  15. ^ France's 'Little Iraq'
  16. ^ LESOTHO: Anti-Chinese resentment flares
  17. ^ Timeline: Mauritania
  18. ^ Ethnic Riots after Dutchman is Killed by Police
  19. ^ Moroccan-Dutch youth riot in Amsterdam following fatal incident
  20. ^ "The Pacific Proxy: China vs Taiwan", Graeme Dobell, ABC Radio Australia, February 7, 2007
  21. ^ The Durban Riot 1949
  22. ^ Current Africa race riots like 1949 anti-Indian riots: minister, TheIndianStar.com
  23. ^ 27 held after anti-Somali riot: South Africa
  24. ^ Focus on Mesketian Turks
  25. ^ Spain struggles with race riots
  26. ^ Spanish youth clash with immigrant gangs
  27. ^ African immigrants riot in Spain, BBC NEWS
  28. ^ Country Histories - Empire's Children
  29. ^ Heartman, Adam (2006-09-26). "A Homemade Genocide". Who's Fault Is It?. http://whosfaultisit.blogspot.com/2006/09/homemade-genocide-arab-world-is.html. 
  30. ^ "Chinese stores looted in Tonga riots", People's Daily, November 17, 2006
  31. ^ Race riot rocks town, Turkish Daily News, October 4, 2008
  32. ^ Race clashes hit Windsor
  33. ^ The Press Newspaper - The Intelligent Weekly
  34. ^ [1]
  35. ^ No deaths were reported, but all Chinese and most other Asians were expelled from Seattle and Tacoma. Schwantes, Carlos A. "Protest in a Promised Land: Unemployment, Disinheritance, and the Origin of Labor Militancy in the Pacific Northwest, 1885-1886." Western Historical Quarterly. 13:4 (October 1982).
  36. ^ Thirty African Americans died. Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979.
  37. ^ Ten African Americans and two Caucasians died. Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979.
  38. ^ Two African Americans and four Caucasians died. Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979; Roberta Senechal, "Springfield Race Riot of 1908," Illinois History Teacher, Summer/Fall 1996.
  39. ^ According to federal, state and local government investigators, only 39 African Americans died. But civilian investigations shortly after the riot indicate that between 100 and 200 African Americans died. The riot was notable for its brutality, including scalping, gouging out of eyes, and children acting as murderers. Elliott M. Rudwick, Race Riot at East St. Louis, Southern Illinois University Press, 1964.
  40. ^ Twenty-three African Americans and 15 Caucasians died. Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979.
  41. ^ Officially, only 39 African Americans died. But more recent estimates are that between 150 an 200 African Americans and 50 Caucasians died, and some sources put the number of black dead at 300. James S. Hirsch, Riot and Remembrance: America's Worst Race Riot and Its Legacy, Mariner Books, 2003. ISBN 0618340769; Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979.
  42. ^ Officially, six African Americans and two Caucasians died. However, there is disagreement about the number of dead, and some estimates place the number of black dead between 40 and 150. Michael D'Orso, Like Judgment Day: The Ruin and Redemption of a Town Called Rosewood, Putnam Books, 1996. ISBN 1572972564.
  43. ^ http://www.pinnaclenews.com/life/contentview.asp?c=198024
  44. ^ Twenty-five African Americans and nine Caucasians died. Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979.
  45. ^ San Bernardino County Sun - Fontana students blame riot on simmering racial tension
  46. ^ More Injuries as Race Riots Disrupt Jails in Los Angeles
  47. ^ Race riot put down at California state prison
  48. ^ Locke High School locked down after huge brawl, Los Angeles Times
  49. ^ Hempstead High On Guard Following 2 Days Of Brawls, wcbstv.com, October 21, 2008
  50. ^ Why China Is Trying To Colonize Africa
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