A politically motivated attack by whites against the city’s leading African American citizens, the Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 documents the lengths to which white Democrats went to regain political domination of the South after Reconstruction. Continue reading Revisit: WILMINGTON RACE RIOT OF 1898
The city of East St. Louis, Illinois was the scene of one of the bloodiest race riots in the 20th century. Racial tensions began to increase in February, 1917 when 470 African American workers were hired to replace white workers who had gone on strike against the Aluminum Ore Company. The violence started on May 28th, 1917, shortly after a city council meeting was called. Angry white workers lodged … Continue reading Revisit: EAST ST. LOUIS RACE RIOT, 1917
The Rodney King Riot of 1992 occurred in Los Angeles, California in response to a highly publicized incident of police brutality. Continue reading RODNEY KING RIOT, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (1992)
By the time the U.S. entered World War I, black soldiers and white Texas civilians had a history of hostile relations dating back more than fifty years. At Camp Logan, men with the Third Battalion of the Twenty-fourth U.S. Infantry Regiment faced increasing harassment from Houston authorities. On August 23, 1917, a rumor reached the camp that Corporal Charles Baltimore had been killed for interfering with the detention and interrogation … Continue reading Houston Mutiny of 1917
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