List of ethnic riots

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

Angola

Australia

Bangladesh

Belgium

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burma

  • Burma (1930) - Anti-Indian riots
  • Mandalay (1997) - Anti-Muslim Riots
  • Taungoo (2001) - Anti-Muslim Riots

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 Maghrebi and Romani communities after a man of Maghrebi descent was shot dead.
  • Avignon (September 2009) – between Turkish and Moroccan youths (one young of African descent was dead)

Indonesia

Italy

  • Milan (2007) - Milan Chinese riot[9][10]
  • Rosarno (2010) - African immigrants riots [11]

Côte d’Ivoire

  • Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (2004) - Anti-white riots[12][13]

Lesotho

Malaysia

  • Kuala Lumpur (1969) - May 13 Incident

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

  • Sectarian violence in 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.[19]
  • Durban (1985) - Anti-Indian riots[20]
  • Port Elizabeth, South Africa (2007) - Anti-Somali riot[21]

Soviet Union

  • Sumgait Massacre (1988) - anti-Armenian riots in Azerbaijan SSR during February 1988
  • Uzbek SSR (1989) - After bloody riots against the Meskhetian Turks in Central Asia's Fergana Valley, nearly 90,000 Meskhetian Turks left Uzbekistan[22]
  • Dushanbe riots (1990) - anti-Armenian unrest in Dushanbe, the capital of the Tajik SSR, from February 12–14, 1990.
  • Osh riots (1990) - an ethnic conflict between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks that took place in June 1990 in the Kyrgyz SSR

Spain

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[26][27]

Tonga

Turkey

  • Eastern Thrace - 1934 Thrace pogroms, anti-Jewish pogrom.
  • Istanbul (1955) - Istanbul Riots, also known as Istanbul Pogrom.
  • Altınova (2008) - Kurdish-owned homes and shops were attacked and Kurds stoned.[29]

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

  • 1824: Providence, Rhode Island Hard Scrabble Riots
  • 1829: Cincinnati riots of 1829 Rioting against African Americans results in over a thousand leaving for Canada.
  • 1829: Charlestown Anti-Catholic Riots
  • 1831: Providence, Rhode Island
  • 1834: Massachusetts Convent Burning
  • 1834: Philadelphia pro-slavery riots[31]
  • 1835: Five Points Riot
  • 1835: Washington, D.C.[32][33]
  • 1836: Cincinnati riots of 1836. Several anti-abolitionist riots took place
  • 1841: Cincinnati, Ohio White Irish-descendant and Irish immigrant dock workers rioted against Black dock workers. When the Black dock workers banded together to defend their community from the approaching Whites, the White rioters retreated and then commandeered a 6-pound cannon and shot it through the streets of Cincinnati.
  • 1844: Philadelphia Nativist Riots (May 6–8/July 5–8)
  • 1851: Hoboken Anti-German Riot
  • 1855: Louisville Anti-German Riots

Civil War Period 1861-1865

Reconstruction Period: 1865 - 1877

  • 1866: New Orleans Riot
  • 1866: Memphis, Tennessee
  • 1868: Pulaski Riot
  • 1868: Opelousas, Louisiana
  • 1868: Camilla, Georgia
  • 1870: Eutaw, Alabama
  • 1870: Laurens, South Carolina
  • 1870: New York City Orange Riot
  • 1871: Second New York City Orange Riot
  • 1871: Los Angeles Anti-Chinese Riot
  • 1871: Meridian, Mississippi
  • 1891: New Orleans Anti-Italian Riot
  • 1873: Colfax massacre
  • 1874: Vicksburg, Mississippi
  • 1874: New Orleans, Louisiana {Liberty place riot see[34]}
  • 1874: Coushatta, Louisiana
  • 1875: Yazoo City, Mississippi
  • 1875: Clinton, Mississippi
  • 1876: Hamburg Massacre
  • 1876: Ellenton, South Carolina

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

  • 1980: Miami Riots (Miami, Florida)
  • 1980: Chattanooga Riot (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
  • 1984: Lawrence, Massachusetts Race Riot: A small scale riot centered at the intersection of Haverhill and railroad streets between working class whites and Hispanics; several buildings were destroyed by Molotov cocktails; August 8, 1984.[47]
  • 1989: Overtown Riot (Miami, FL) In a reaction to the shooting of a black motorcyclist by a Hispanic police officer in the predominately black community of Overtown in Miami, residents rioted for two nights. The officer was later found guilty of manslaughter.
  • 1991: Crown Heights riot (Crown Heights neighborhood, Brooklyn, New York City)
  • 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 rioting 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].
  • 1996: St. Petersburg Riots (St. Petersburg, Florida): After Officer Jim Knight stopped 18 yr. old Tyron Lewis for speeding, his car lurched forward and Knight fired his weapon, fatally wounding the black teenager. Riots broke out and lasted for about 2 days.[citation needed]
  • 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)
  • 2005: 2005 Toledo Riot (Toledo, Ohio): A race riot that broke out after the Neo-Nazi protest marched through a black neighborhood.
  • 2006: Fontana High School riot (Fontana, California): Riot involving about 500 Latino and black students[48]
  • 2006: Prison Race Riots (California): A war between Latino and black prison gangs set off a series of riots across California[49][50]
  • 2008: Locke High School riot[51] (Los Angeles, California)
  • 2009: 2009 Oakland Riots (Oakland, California): Peaceful protests turned into rioting after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man, Oscar Grant, by a BART transit policeman.

See also

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

External links

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. ↑ Milan police in Chinatown clash
  10. ↑ Milan Chinese riot over traffic fine
  11. ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/08/immigrants-riot-in-rosarn_n_416482.html
  12. ↑ Rwanda Syndrome on the Ivory Coast
  13. ↑ France's 'Little Iraq'
  14. ↑ LESOTHO: Anti-Chinese resentment flares
  15. ↑ Timeline: Mauritania
  16. ↑ Ethnic Riots after Dutchman is Killed by Police
  17. ↑ Moroccan-Dutch youth riot in Amsterdam following fatal incident
  18. ↑ "The Pacific Proxy: China vs Taiwan", Graeme Dobell, ABC Radio Australia, February 7, 2007
  19. ↑ The Durban Riot 1949
  20. ↑ Current Africa race riots like 1949 anti-Indian riots: minister, TheIndianStar.com
  21. ↑ 27 held after anti-Somali riot: South Africa
  22. ↑ Focus on Mesketian Turks
  23. ↑ Spain struggles with race riots
  24. ↑ Spanish youth clash with immigrant gangs
  25. ↑ African immigrants riot in Spain, BBC NEWS
  26. ↑ Country Histories - Empire's Children
  27. ↑ Heartman, Adam (2006-09-26). "A Homemade Genocide". Who's Fault Is It?. 
  28. ↑ "Chinese stores looted in Tonga riots", People's Daily, November 17, 2006
  29. ↑ Race riot rocks town, Turkish Daily News, October 4, 2008
  30. ↑ Race clashes hit Windsor
  31. ↑ 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
  32. ↑ August 'Snow-Storm' Brought Devastation To D.C.. NPR. July 5, 2012.
  33. ↑ Snow-Storm in August: Washington City, Francis Scott Key, and the Forgotten Race Riot of 1835. 2012 book by Jefferson Morley.
  34. ↑
  35. ↑ 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).
  36. ↑ Thirty African Americans died. Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950, Yale University, 1979.
  37. ↑ 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.
  38. ↑ 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.
  39. ↑ 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.
  40. ↑ 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.
  41. ↑ Officially, only 39 African Americans died. But more recent estimates are that between 150 and 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.
  42. ↑ 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.
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 "IV. Timeline: Asian Americans in Washington State History". Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington. Retrieved 5 January 2012. 
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 "Racial Riots". Office of Multicultural Student Services. University of Hawaii. Retrieved 5 January 2012. 
  45. ↑ 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.
  46. ↑ The Dispatch (North Carolina), December 28, 1963
  47. ↑ http://openvault.wgbh.org/ton/mla000400/index.html
  48. ↑ San Bernardino County Sun - Fontana students blame riot on simmering racial tension
  49. ↑ More Injuries as Race Riots Disrupt Jails in Los Angeles
  50. ↑ Race riot put down at California state prison
  51. ↑ Locke High School locked down after huge brawl, Los Angeles Times
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