Long, hot summer of 1967
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| Long, hot summer of 1967 | |
|---|---|
| Part of Civil Rights Movement | |
| Date | Summer of 1967 |
| Location | |
| Resulted in | Kerner Commission established |
| Casualties | |
| Death(s) | 85+[1] |
| Injuries | 2,100+ |
| Arrested | 11,000+ |
Long, hot summer of 1967 refers to the 159 race riots that erupted across the United States in 1967.[2][3][4] In June there were riots in Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati, Buffalo, and Tampa. In July there were riots in Birmingham, Chicago, New York City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Britain, Rochester, and Plainfield.
The most destructive riots of the summer took place in July, in Newark, New Jersey, and Detroit, Michigan. As a result of the rioting in the summer of 1967 and the preceding two years, President Lyndon B. Johnson established the Kerner Commission to investigate the rioting and urban issues of Black Americans.
List of riots[edit]
Some of the riots include:
- Buffalo riot of 1967
- Cairo 1967 riot
- Cambridge riot of 1967, Maryland
- Cincinnati riot of 1967
- 1967 Detroit riot
- 1967 Milwaukee riot
- 1967 Newark riots
- 1967 Plainfield riots
- 1967 Toledo riot
- 1967 Saginaw riot, Michigan
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Gonsalves, Kelly. "The 'long, hot summer of 1967'". The Week. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
- ^ Friedland, Michael B. (1998). Lift Up Your Voice Like a Trumpet: White Clergy and the Civil Rights and Antiwar Movements, 1954–1973. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 189. ISBN 9780807846469.
- ^ McLaughlin, Malcolm (2014). The Long, Hot Summer of 1967: Urban Rebellion in America. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 1. ISBN 9781137269638.
- ^ Mark Bould and Sherryl Vint (2011). The Routledge Concise History of Science Fiction. Routledge. p. 105. ISBN 9781136820410.
Further reading[edit]
- Michael Omi and Howard Winant, Racial formation in the United States: from the 1960s to the 1990s (1994)
- Walter C. Rucker and James N. Upton, eds. Encyclopedia of American Race Riots (2007) 930 pages -
