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| 60's and 70's Racial Riots |
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| Between 1964 and 1971, the riots became violent, leading to injuries, arrests, and deaths. This also includes property damage. |
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| The 60's events were unknown in their frequency and extent. |
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| "Law enforcemant authorities took extraordinary measures to end the riots." (The National Bureau of Economic Research.) |
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At Detroit of 1967, Los Angeles of 1965, and Newark of 1967, were the deadliest riots ever to take place during this time.
At Watts, near Los Angeles, in August 1965, there was a five day riot in which 34 people died, and thousands died. |
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| A severe riot happened at Chicago, Washington D.C., and another 120 cities in 1968 which also consisted of injuries, arrests, and even arson. |
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| These riots followed after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
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| There were 750 riots, killing 228, and injuring 12,741 people. |
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There were over 15,000 acts of arson during this time.
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| This effected income, employment, and property value. |
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| Income dropped 9% from 1960 to 1970. |
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| How did this all start? On July 16, 1964, a young black man was killed by a police officer in Harlem. There was already a scheduled peaceful march to happen two days after. Some fights broke out between policemen and protesters and 16 black demonstrators were arrested. |
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| When word of the arrests came around, and rumor had it that the police were beating the men in custody. |
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| At 10:30 pm, a group gathered outside of the precint and started a riot with people throwing Molotov cocktails, stones, and bricks. |
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| The riot continued for four days, and disperse to Brooklyn, in which there was looting, arson, and shooting. |
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| All the while the CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) chairman, James Farmer, ran through the streets to stop the fighting. |
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| The riot ended on July 23, 1964. There was one death, 144 injuries, and 519 arrests. |
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| On August 11, 1965, the police used unnessasary force while arresting a black man in Watts, a neighborhood in Los Angeles. He was drunk driving. |
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| A little group gathered around, but it was not violent. Yet it changed when a police man tried to arrest a woman who he accused of spitting on him. |
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The small group instantly erupted and started throwing bottles and rocks at passing cars and buses.
Police were brought in and the fighting escalated. |
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Soon after the police left, thinking the blacks would calm down.
That didn't happen.
The rioters took the streets and overturned cars and smashed window of near by shops. |
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The rioters cried "Burn Baby Burn" during this attack.
This is not to be confused with the song "Disco Inferno". |
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| 75 stores were burned to the ground in the first two days. |
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After all the commotion the National Gaurd was called. Watts was imposed marital and curfue laws.
It took 13,000 Gaurdsmen to calm the rioting down.
In the end there were 34 deaths, 1,000 injured, and 600 damaged buildings. |
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Newark, July 12, 1967.
Police men beat a black cab driver after trying to arrest him.
A group of protesters gathered outside the police station and became robustious.
When rufising to go away, the police statred using force to break them up. |
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The next day, a protest rally against police brutality.
Once more, the police force used brutality, and the city erupted in violence.
There was shooting, looting, and burning.
There were 23 comfirmed deaths, and 11 mil in damage. |
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| In Detroit of 1967, in the early, warm morning of a summer day, police officers arrested 80 patrons after raiding an after-hour bar. |
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| During this time, a group of people gathered outside and started throwing rocks at police cars. The rioting increased and spread, eventualling |
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| The National Gaurd was called in to help out, but the riot didn't stop until President Lydon B. Johnson sent in federal to help the shooting, looting, and burning. |
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Oxford, Mississippi, 1962.
The town erupted in violence when an African-American named James Meredith was attempting to register at the all white College, "Ole Miss". |
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| The federal government had his back, trying to tell the caucassion citizens that any person can apply at "Ole Miss", no matter what race they were. |
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| Mississippi refused to let Meredith apply, which led to a clash between state and federal authorities and the strike of the campus by the prejudice rioters. Two people died, and dozens were injured. |
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| I am thankful that I live in the year 2014, where there is still some prejudice, but not as much as the 1960s or the 1700s. We have moved forward some, and we are still moving. |
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