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African American History, Events

Revisit: THE COLUMBIA RACE RIOT (1946)

The race riot in Columbia, Tennessee, a town of 10,911, from February 25 to 28, 1946 was early example of post-World War II racial violence between African Americans and whites in the United States. On February 25, 1946, James Stephenson, a World War II veteran, and his mother, Gladys Stephenson, went to Castner-Knott, a local department store, to pick up the radio they had taken … Continue reading Revisit: THE COLUMBIA RACE RIOT (1946)

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African American History, Events

Revisit: THE ANTI-ABOLITION RIOTS (1834)

In October, 1834 riots broke out in New York City spurred by a confluence of events: the fiery oratory of abolitionist Protestant ministers (many of whom were also nativist and anti-Catholics); the growing social assertiveness of former enslaved people and of free-born African-Americans in the city; the growth of Jacksonian democracy which lauded working class white males; and the influx of Irish Catholics who were … Continue reading Revisit: THE ANTI-ABOLITION RIOTS (1834)

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