• The 1968 Chicago riots, in the United States, were sparked in part by the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Rioting and looting followed, with people...
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  • assassination riots, April and May, across the United States, including: 1968 Washington, D.C., riots, April 4–8, Washington, D.C. 1968 Chicago riots (West Side...
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  • 1968 Chicago riots, West Side Riots, April 5–7, Chicago, Illinois 19681968 Norfolk riots, April 5–10, Norfolk, Virginia 19681968 Pittsburgh riots, April...
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  • The 1968 Detroit riot was a civil disturbance that occurred between April 4–5, 1968 in Detroit, Michigan following the assassination of Martin Luther...
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    April 4, 1968. Some of the biggest riots took place in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Chicago, and Kansas City. The immediate cause of the rioting was the...
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    during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. The protests lasted approximately seven days, from August 23 to August 29, 1968. Many...
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    activist, on April 4, 1968, Washington, D.C., experienced a four-day period of violent civil unrest and rioting. Part of the broader riots that affected at...
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  • The 1966 Chicago West Side riots occurred between July 12 and 15 in Chicago, Illinois. After police arrested a man who was wanted for armed robbery, black...
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  • Stonewall riots, and there was already the emergence of a gay liberation movement in New York at the time of the riots. The Stonewall riots were not the...
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    The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held August 26–29 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Earlier that year...
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    riot Full list of riots in Detroit 1921 Tulsa race riot 1923 Rosewood massacre 1965 Watts Riot 1968 Washington, D.C., riots 1968 Chicago riots 1968 Baltimore...
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  • The 1980 Miami riots were race riots that occurred in Miami, Florida, starting in earnest on May 18, 1980, following an all-White male jury acquitting...
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  • chronological list of known riots. 205–186 – BC The great revolt of Egypt against Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 48 BC – 47 BC – Riots during the Siege of Alexandria...
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    The Sunset Strip curfew riots, also known as the "hippie riots", were a series of early counterculture-era clashes that took place between police and young...
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    May 68 (redirect from 1968 student riots)
    François Truffaut's film Baisers volés (1968) ("Stolen Kisses") takes place in Paris during the time of the riots and while not overtly political, makes...
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  • Shadows of the Flames - Baltimore's 1968 Riots, (2013) [1] University of Baltimore 1968 Riot site, "Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth", "http://archives.ubalt...
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  • assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968, there were riots in Chicago and other cities.: 1  In June 1968, Robert Kennedy was assassinated.: 1  Most...
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  • New York Avoided a Riot". The Morning News. "Chicago Tribune - Historical Newspapers". "Puerto Ricans Riots: Coney Island in 1968". Center For Puerto...
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  • The police response to the riot constituted much of the controversy in its aftermath. Following the 1968 Chicago riots, John S. Boyle, Chief Judge of...
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  • When the looting starts, the shooting starts (category 1968 controversies)
    to suppress riots. Rizzo's policy on quelling riots was paraphrased and quoted in the report Firearms, Violence, and Civil Disorders (1968).: 44  His policies...
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  •  117. "LINKS RIOTS AND KING AIDS". archives.chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 4, 2017. "54 Hurt as Whites in Chicago Hurl Bricks...
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    Police riots are often characterized by widespread police brutality, and they may be done for the purpose of political repression. The term "police riot" was...
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  • more than 150 race riots that erupted across major cities in the United States during the summer of 1967. In June there were riots in Atlanta, Boston...
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  • Baltimore riot of 1968 (Baltimore, MD) Chicago West Side riots (Chicago, IL) Louisville riots of 1968 (Louisville, KY) 1968 Washington, D.C. riots (Washington...
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  • the Memorial Day massacre of 1937, the Division Street Riots (1966), the 1968 Chicago riots which followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr...
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  • Riots often occur in reaction to a perceived grievance or out of dissent. Riots may be the outcome of a sporting event, although many riots have occurred...
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    1919–1920 International Workers' Day, also known as May Day May Day Riots of 1894 May Day Riots of 1919 Palmer Raids of 1919 Sacco and Vanzetti Wall Street bombing...
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    Abbie Hoffman (category Chicago Seven)
    the intent to incite a riot under the anti-riot provisions of Title X of the Civil Rights Act of 1968.: 4  Five of the Chicago Seven defendants, including...
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  • Tampa riots were a series of race riots during June 1967 in Tampa, Florida, as one of 159 such riots in the United States that summer. The Tampa riots began...
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  • Division Street riots were episodes of rioting and civil unrest, which started on June 12 and continued through June 14, 1966. These riots are remembered...
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