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*1991: [[Crown Heights riot]] ([[Crown Heights, Brooklyn|Crown Heights]] neighborhood, [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]])
*1991: [[Crown Heights riot]] ([[Crown Heights, Brooklyn|Crown Heights]] neighborhood, [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]])
*1992: [[Los Angeles riots of 1992|Los Angeles Riots]] ([[Los Angeles]], [[California]]): In a reaction to the acquittal of all four [[LAPD]] officers involved in the videotaped beating of [[Rodney King]] and the murder of [[Latasha Harlins]]; riots broke out mainly involving black youths in the black neighborhoods and shop owners in Korean neighborhoods, but overall riotiing was mainly to get out the frustrations of the racial groups over the racial tensions that were building in the South Central neighborhood for years{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}}.
*1992: [[Los Angeles riots of 1992|Los Angeles Riots]] ([[Los Angeles]], [[California]]): In a reaction to the acquittal of all four [[LAPD]] officers involved in the videotaped beating of [[Rodney King]] and the murder of [[Latasha Harlins]]; riots broke out mainly involving black youths in the black neighborhoods and shop owners in Korean neighborhoods, but overall riotiing was mainly to get out the frustrations of the racial groups over the racial tensions that were building in the South Central neighborhood for years{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}}.
*1996: St. Petersburg Riots ([[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg]], [[Florida]]): After Officer Jim Knight stopped 18 yr. old Tyron Lewis for speeding, his car lurched forward causing Knight to fire his weapon, fatally wounding the black teenager. Riots broke out and lasted for about 2 days.
*1996: St. Petersburg Riots ([[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg]], [[Florida]]): After Officer Jim Knight stopped 18 yr. old Tyron Lewis for speeding, his car lurched forward causing Knight to fire his weapon, fatally wounding the black teenager. Riots broke out and lasted for about 2 days.{{cn}}
*2001: [[Cincinnati riots of 2001|Cincinnati riots]] ([[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]): In a reaction to the acquittal of Steven Roach after the fatal shooting of an unarmed young black male, [[Timothy Thomas]], during a foot pursuit, riots broke out over the span of a few days.
*2001: [[Cincinnati riots of 2001|Cincinnati riots]] ([[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]): In a reaction to the acquittal of Steven Roach after the fatal shooting of an unarmed young black male, [[Timothy Thomas]], during a foot pursuit, riots broke out over the span of a few days.
*2003: [[Benton Harbor riots]] ([[Benton Harbor]], [[Michigan]])
*2003: [[Benton Harbor riots]] ([[Benton Harbor]], [[Michigan]])

Revision as of 22:12, 23 June 2013

This is a list of ethnic/sectarian/race riots by country.

Angola

Australia

Belgium

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burma

Canada

  • Toronto (August 2–5, 1918)[4] - Anti-Greek Riot.
  • Toronto (August 16, 1933) - Christie Pits riot
  • Vancouver (September 7, 1907) - anti-Asian riot

China

Denmark

  • St. Croix riot (1873) - St. Croix
  • Jewish skirmishes (1820–22) - Various Danish and German cities and towns.

France

  • 2005 civil unrest in France – mainly Paris, but also in other high-immigrant areas.
  • Perpignan (2005) – Perpignan Riots[6] between North African and Roma communities after a man of North African descent was shot dead.
  • Avignon (September 2009) – between Turkish and Moroccan youths (one young of African descent was dead)

Indonesia

Israel

  • Tel Aviv (2012) - Race riots by Jewish Israelis against black African immigrants took place in May 2012 after the rape of an elderly woman, and an under age Israeli girl by Sudanese men in front of her boyfriend. [12][13][14][15]

Italy

Côte d’Ivoire

  • Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (2004) - Anti-white riots[18][19]

Lesotho

Malaysia

Mauritania

Netherlands

New Zealand

  • Wellington (1943) - Battle of Manners Street was a conflict involving American servicemen versus New Zealand servicemen and civilians outside the Allied Services Club in Manners Street.

Pakistan

Poland

  • Przytyk pogrom (1936) - anti-Jewish riots in Przytyk, on March 9, 1936
  • Kraków pogrom (1945) - anti-Jewish riots that occurred on August 11, 1945, in the city of Kraków
  • Kielce pogrom (1946) - an outbreak of violence against the Jewish community of Kielce, Poland on July 4, 1946
  • Mława pogrom (1991) - a series of violent incidents in June 1991, when a crowd attacked Roma residents of the Polish town of Mława

Rhodesia

  • Kananga (1925) - Kananga Riot of 1925

Russia

Singapore

Solomon Islands

South Africa

  • Durban (1949) - Anti-Indian riots, an inter-racial conflict between Zulus and Indians in Durban.[25]
  • Durban (1985) - Anti-Indian riots[26]
  • Port Elizabeth, South Africa (2007) - Anti-Somali riot[27]

Soviet Union

Spain

Sri Lanka

Main article: Riots and pogroms in Sri Lanka

Tanzania

  • Zanzibar (1964) - The Zanzibar Revolution of January 12, 1964 put an end to the local Arab dynasty. Thousands of Arabs were massacred in riots, and thousands more were detained or fled the island[32][33]

Tonga

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States

Main article: Mass racial violence in the United States
Further information: List of riots and civil unrest in Omaha, Nebraska

Nativist Period 1700s-1860

Civil War Period 1861-1865

Reconstruction Period: 1865 - 1877

Jim Crow Period: 1878 - 1914

War and Inter-War Period: 1914 - 1945

Postwar era: 1946 - 1954

Civil Rights and Black Power Movement's Period: 1955 - 1977

Modern

See also

Revolution '67 - Documentary about the Newark, New Jersey race riots of 1967

References

  1. ^ How China's taking over Africa, and why the West should be VERY worried
  2. ^ Rebelions in Bahia
  3. ^ Roma riots stir unease in Bulgaria
  4. ^ YFile: York's Daily Bulletin. 1918 anti-Greek riot a dark episode in Toronto’s history. Friday October 22, 2004.
  5. ^ Xinjiang, China's Restive Northwest
  6. ^ 'Race killing' sparks French riot
  7. ^ Indonesia Turns Its Chinese Into Scapegoats, New York Times
  8. ^ Anti-Chinese riots continue in Indonesia, CNN
  9. ^ Acre faces fourth night of riots, Al Jazeera English
  10. ^ Israeli City Divided by Sectarian Violence, New York Times, October 12, 2008
  11. ^ Police arrest Acre Yom Kippur driver, Jpost, October 12, 2008
  12. ^ http://forward.com/articles/168576/anti-african-riots-erupt-over-tel-aviv-rape/
  13. ^ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/tel-aviv-race-riots-shock-israel/story-e6frg6so-1226366536966
  14. ^ http://www.jpost.com/National-News/South-Tel-Aviv-simmers-as-racial-tensions-linger
  15. ^ http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/24/deport-the-sudanese-violent-israeli-race-riots-draw-condemnation-empathy/
  16. ^ Milan police in Chinatown clash
  17. ^ Milan Chinese riot over traffic fine
  18. ^ Rwanda Syndrome on the Ivory Coast
  19. ^ France's 'Little Iraq'
  20. ^ LESOTHO: Anti-Chinese resentment flares
  21. ^ Timeline: Mauritania
  22. ^ Ethnic Riots after Dutchman is Killed by Police
  23. ^ Moroccan-Dutch youth riot in Amsterdam following fatal incident
  24. ^ "The Pacific Proxy: China vs Taiwan", Graeme Dobell, ABC Radio Australia, February 7, 2007
  25. ^ The Durban Riot 1949
  26. ^ Current Africa race riots like 1949 anti-Indian riots: minister, TheIndianStar.com
  27. ^ 27 held after anti-Somali riot: South Africa
  28. ^ Focus on Mesketian Turks
  29. ^ Spain struggles with race riots
  30. ^ Spanish youth clash with immigrant gangs
  31. ^ African immigrants riot in Spain, BBC NEWS
  32. ^ Country Histories - Empire's Children
  33. ^ Heartman, Adam (2006-09-26). "A Homemade Genocide". Who's Fault Is It?. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  34. ^ "Chinese stores looted in Tonga riots", People's Daily, November 17, 2006
  35. ^ Race riot rocks town, Turkish Daily News, October 4, 2008
  36. ^ Race clashes hit Windsor
  37. ^ Evan Carton, Patriotic Treason: John Brown and the Soul of America, at 59 (Free Press 2006); see also http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/policing.cfm
  38. ^ August 'Snow-Storm' Brought Devastation To D.C.. NPR. July 5, 2012.
  39. ^ Snow-Storm in August: Washington City, Francis Scott Key, and the Forgotten Race Riot of 1835. 2012 book by Jefferson Morley.
  40. ^ [1]
  41. ^ No deaths were reported, but all Chinese and most other Asians were expelled from Seattle and Tacoma. Schwantes, Carlos A. "Protest in a Promised Land: Unemployment, Disinheritance, and the Origin of Labor Militancy in the Pacific Northwest, 1885-1886." Western Historical Quarterly. 13:4 (October 1982).
  42. ^ Thirty African Americans died. Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979.
  43. ^ Ten African Americans and two Caucasians died. Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979.
  44. ^ Two African Americans and four Caucasians died. Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979; Roberta Senechal, "Springfield Race Riot of 1908," Illinois History Teacher, Summer/Fall 1996.
  45. ^ According to federal, state and local government investigators, only 39 African Americans died. But civilian investigations shortly after the riot indicate that between 100 and 200 African Americans died. The riot was notable for its brutality, including scalping, gouging out of eyes, and children acting as murderers. Elliott M. Rudwick, Race Riot at East St. Louis, Southern Illinois University Press, 1964.
  46. ^ Twenty-three African Americans and 15 Caucasians died. Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979.
  47. ^ Officially, only 39 African Americans died. But more recent estimates are that between 150 an 200 African Americans and 50 Caucasians died, and some sources put the number of black dead at 300. James S. Hirsch, Riot and Remembrance: America's Worst Race Riot and Its Legacy, Mariner Books, 2003. ISBN 0-618-34076-9; Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979.
  48. ^ Officially, six African Americans and two Caucasians died. However, there is disagreement about the number of dead, and some estimates place the number of black dead between 40 and 150. Michael D'Orso, Like Judgment Day: The Ruin and Redemption of a Town Called Rosewood, Putnam Books, 1996. ISBN 1-57297-256-4.
  49. ^ a b "IV. Timeline: Asian Americans in Washington State History". Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  50. ^ a b "Racial Riots". Office of Multicultural Student Services. University of Hawaii. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  51. ^ Twenty-five African Americans and nine Caucasians died. Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979.
  52. ^ http://openvault.wgbh.org/ton/mla000400/index.html
  53. ^ San Bernardino County Sun - Fontana students blame riot on simmering racial tension
  54. ^ More Injuries as Race Riots Disrupt Jails in Los Angeles
  55. ^ Race riot put down at California state prison
  56. ^ Locke High School locked down after huge brawl, Los Angeles Times
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