The Clinton Riot began on September 4, 1875, in the small town of Clinton, Mississippi at a Republican rally to introduce the party’s candidates who were running for political office in the upcoming November elections. The immediate death toll included five blacks and three white men. Over the next several days, an estimated fifty blacks were killed in the massacre that followed. Continue reading Revisit: THE CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI RIOT (1875)
Tina Gordon Chism is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. She began her writing career writing the films ATL, and Drumline. She made her directorial debut in the 2013 film Peeples, which she also wrote. Chism studied drama at Duke Ellington School for Performing Arts Continue reading Profile: Tina Gordon Chism
Racism and economic tensions fulminated in Cincinnati, Ohio in August of 1829, resulting in white violence against African Americans over a two-week period on August 17-22. White mobs estimated at times at 200 to 300 led by Irish immigrants invaded the riverfront area where African Americans lived with the avowed intent to drive them all out of the city. The mob burned shelters and homes and assaulted a number of individuals. African Americans fought back but the attacks persuaded many black people to evacuate Cincinnati. A number of them emigrated to Canada to a community they named Wilberforce. Those who stayed behind attempted to rebuild their lives but experienced further white assaults in 1836 and beyond Continue reading Revisit: CINCINNATI RIOTS OF 1829
he event labeled as the Houston Riot occurred on the Texas Southern University (TSU) campus in Houston, Texas in 1967. As with many other civil disturbances during the 1960s, underlying racial resentments prior to the event finally reached a tipping point. In this instance, however, much of the anger was directed at the TSU students and came from Houston police officers and thus should be labeled a police riot. Continue reading Revisit: HOUSTON (TSU) RIOT
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