List of race riots

This is a list of race riots by country.

Angola

* Anti-Chinese riot [ [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1036105/How-Chinas-taking-Africa-West-VERY-worried.html How China's taking over Africa, and why the West should be VERY worried] ]

Australia

*Burrangong (1860-1861) - Lambing Flat riots
*Broome (1905,1914,1920) - Broome riots
*Redfern (2004) - Redfern riots
*Palm Island (2004) - Palm Island death in custody riot
*Sydney (2005) - 2005 Cronulla riots

Belgium

*Brussels (2006) - 2006 Brussels riots

Brazil

*Rio de Janeiro (1823) - Anti-Portuguese riots [ [http://isc.temple.edu/evanson/brazilhistory/Bahia.htm Rebelions in Bahia] ]
*Salvador (1831) - Anti-Portuguese riots

Bulgaria

*Sofia (2007) - Roma riots [ [http://www.balkantimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/blogreview/2007/08/31/blog-03 Roma riots stir unease in Bulgaria] ]

Burma

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

Canada

*Toronto (1933) - Christie Pits Race Riot
*Montreal (2008) - Montreal riotVerify source|date=August 2008 [ [http://news.aol.com/article/shooting-ignites-riot-in-montreal/127024?icid=200100397x1207287752x1200385304 Shooting Ignites Riot in Montreal] ] [ [http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080812/national/police_shooting Quebec police to release results of investigation into shooting that sparked riot] ]

China

*Nanjing anti-African protests (1988) - Nanjing
*Xinjiang, China (1997) - Yining riots [ [http://www.hrw.org/press/2000/11/xinjiang1113-bck.htm Xinjiang, China's Restive Northwest] ]
*2008 Tibetan unrest (2008) - Tibet, China

France

*Perpignan (2005) - Perpignan Riots [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4594019.stm 'Race killing' sparks French riot] ] between North African and Roma communities after after a man of North African descent was shot dead.
*2005 civil unrest in France. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4416728.stm New powers to tackle French riots] ] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4399748.stm French Muslims face job discrimination] ] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4408972.stm Clichy's 'les miserables'] ]

Indonesia

*Indonesia (1965) - Anti-Chinese riots [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E2D6103AF931A35751C0A96E958260 Indonesia Turns Its Chinese Into Scapegoats] , New York Times]
*Jakarta, Surakarta (1998) - Anti-Chinese riots [ [http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9808/29/indonesia.riot/ Anti-Chinese riots continue in Indonesia] , CNN]

Italy

*Milan (2006) - Milan Chinese riot [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6550725.stm Milan police in Chinatown clash] ] [ [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21554083-2703,00.html Milan Chinese riot over traffic fine] ]
*Castel Volturno (2008) - Race riots after six African immigrants were shot dead in an attack by gangsters from the the Naples Mafia. [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4791697.ece Mafia killing of immigrants sparks riots near Naples] ]

Ivory Coast

*Abidjan, Ivory Coast (2004) - Anti-white riots [ [http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/1986.cfm Rwanda Syndrome on the Ivory Coast] ] [ [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/15/opinion/fenton/main655762.shtml France's 'Little Iraq'] ]

Lesotho

*Maseru (2007) - Anti-Chinese riot [ [http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=76405 LESOTHO: Anti-Chinese resentment flares] ]

Malaysia

*Kuala Lumpur (1969) - May 13th Incident

Mauritania

* Mauritania (1989) - 1989 events in Mauritania and Senegal. Race riots erupt in Mauritania between Arabs and black Mauritanians [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/country_profiles/2483315.stm Timeline: Mauritania] ]

Netherlands

* Utrecht (2007) - Utrecht Riots [ [http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/1976 Ethnic Riots after Dutchman is Killed by Police] ]
* Amsterdam (2007) - Moroccan-Dutch youth riot [ [http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/240329/Moroccan_Dutch_youth_riot_in_Amsterdam_following_fatal_incident Moroccan-Dutch youth riot in Amsterdam following fatal incident] ]

New Zealand

* Wellington (1943) - Battle of Manners Street between white American servicemen and Māori and Pakeha New Zealanders.

Rhodesia

*Kananga (1925) - Kananga Riot of 1925

Russia

*Kondopoga (2006) - Riots in Kondopoga, Karelia, Russia

ingapore

*Singapore (1950) - Maria Hertogh riots
*Singapore (1964) - 1964 Race Riots
*Singapore (1969) - 1969 Race Riots of Singapore

olomon Islands

*Honiara (2006) - Anti-Chinese riots [ [http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/infocus/s1842245.htm "The Pacific Proxy: China vs Taiwan"] , Graeme Dobell, ABC Radio Australia, February 7, 2007]

outh Africa

*Durban (1949) - Anti-Indian riots, an inter-racial conflict between Zulus and Indians in Durban. [ [http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/library-resources/online%20books/bhana/part02-B-70.htm The Durban Riot 1949] ]
*Durban (1985) - Anti-Indian riots [ [http://www.theindianstar.com/index.php?uan=5786 Current Africa race riots like 1949 anti-Indian riots: minister] , TheIndianStar.com]
*Port Elizabeth, South Africa (2007) - Anti-Somali riot [ [http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2068903,00.html 27 held after anti-Somali riot: South Africa] ]

pain

*Almeria (2000) - Spain's race riots [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/635092.stm Spain struggles with race riots] ]
*Madrid (2007) - Madrid Riots [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/22/news/spain.php Spanish youth clash with immigrant gangs] ]
*Roquetas de Mar, Almeria (2008) - Riot between Senegalese and Roma (Gypsy) families [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7603243.stm African immigrants riot in Spain] , BBC NEWS]

ri Lanka

*Sinhal Muslin riots of 1915 - Nation wide
*Sri Lankan riots of 1958 - Nation wide
*Sri Lankan riots of 1977 - Nation wide
*Burning of Jaffna library - Jaffna
*Black July - Nation wide
*2000 Bundarawela riots — Mawanella
*2006 riots — Trincomalee, Galle

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 [ [http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/category/chapters/index.php?chapter=472&cat=3 Country Histories - Empire's Children] ] [cite web |url=http://whosfaultisit.blogspot.com/2006/09/homemade-genocide-arab-world-is.html |title=A Homemade Genocide |last=Heartman |first=Adam |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2006-09-26 |publisher=Who's Fault Is It?]

Tonga

*Nukuʻalofa (2006) - Anti-Chinese riots [ [http://english.people.com.cn/200611/17/eng20061117_322437.html "Chinese stores looted in Tonga riots"] , "People's Daily", November 17, 2006]

Turkey

*Istanbul (1955) - Istanbul Riots, also known as Istanbul Pogrom.

United Kingdom

*South Shields (February 1919) - South Shields
*Cardiff (June 1919) - Cardiff riots 1919
*Liverpool(June 1919) - Liverpool riot 1919
*London (April 1919) - Stepney
*London (May 1919) - St Anne Street
*London (June 1919) - Cable Street
*London (June 1919) - Poplar
*Liverpool (August 1948) - Liverpool riot 1948
*Nottingham (August 1958) - Nottingham riot 1958
*London (1958) - Notting Hill
*Leeds (1975) - Chapeltown riot (1975)
*London (1976) - Notting Hill
*London (23 April 1979) - Southall race riot
*Bristol (1980) - St Pauls riot
*London (April 1981) - Brixton riot (1981)
*Liverpool (July 1981) - Toxteth Race Riot
*Birmingham (July 1981, 1985) - Handsworth Riots
*Leeds (1981) - Chapeltown riot (1981)
*Manchester (1981) - Moss Side
*London (1985) - Peckham riot
*London (September 1985) - Brixton riot (1985)
*London (October 1985) - Broadwater Farm riot
*Leeds (1987) - Chapeltown riot (1987)
*Dewsbury (1989) - Dewsbury riot
*London (1995) - Brixton riot (1995)
*Oldham (May 2001) - Oldham Riots
*Burnley (June 2001) - Burnley Riots
*Bradford (July 2001) - Bradford Riot
*Stoke-on-Trent (July 2001)
*Leeds (2001) - Harehills riot
*Birmingham (2005) - 2005 Birmingham Riot
*Dewsbury (2006)- Ravensthorpe/Saville Town Riot 2006 Tension Between Asian youths & Iraqi Kurds
*Windsor (2006) - 2006 Windsor ethnic violence [ [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=408689&in_page_id=1770 Race clashes hit Windsor] ]
*Dewsbury (2008) - Ravensthorpe riot 2008 between Gypsies from Hungary and Pakistanis [ [http://www.thepressnewspaper.co.uk/NewsDetails.asp?id=1169 The Press Newspaper - The Intelligent Weekly ] ]

"See also Rivers of Blood"

United States

Nativist Period 1700's-1860

*1824: Providence, Rhode Island Hardscrabble Riots
*1829: Cincinnati, Ohio Rioting against African-Americans results in thousands leaving for Canada.
*1829: Charlestown Anti-Catholic Riots
*1831: Providence, Rhode Island
*1834: Massachusetts Convent Burning
*1835: Five Points Riot
*1836: Cincinnati, Ohio A pro-slavery riot 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 Anti-Catholic Riots (May 6-8/July 5-8)
*1851: Hoboken Anti-German Riot
*1855: Louisville Anti-German Riots

Civil War Period 1861-1865

*1863: New York City Draft Riot

Reconstruction Period: 1865 - 1877

*1866: New Orleans, Louisiana
*1866: Memphis, Tennessee
*1868: Pulaski, Tennessee
*1868: Opelousas, Louisiana
*1868: Camilla, Georgia
*1870: Meridian, Mississippi
*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
*1891: New Orleans Anti-Italian Riot
*1873: Colfax, Louisiana
*1874: Vicksburg, Mississippi
*1874: New Orleans, Louisiana {Liberty place riot}
*1874: Coushatta, Louisiana
*1875: Yazoo City, Mississippi
*1875: Clinton, Mississippi
*1876: Hamburg, South Carolina
*1876: Ellenton, South Carolina

Jim Crow Period: 1878 - 1914

*1886: Seattle, Washington [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).]
*1898: Wilmington, North Carolina [Thirty African Americans died. Robert A. Gibson, "The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950," Yale University, 1979.]
*1898: Lake City, North Carolina
*1898: Greenwood County, South Carolina
*1900: New Orleans, Louisiana
*1900: New York City, New York
*1906: Atlanta, Georgia [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.]
*1906: Brownsville, Texas
*1908: Springfield, Illinois [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.]
*1910: Nationwide riots following the heavyweight championship fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries in Reno, Nevada on July 4

War and Inter-War Period: 1914 - 1945

*1917: East St. Louis, Illinois [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.]
*1917: Chester, Pennsylvania
*1917: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*1917: Houston, Texas
*Red Summer of 1919
**1919: Washington, D.C.
**1919: Chicago, Illinois [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.]
**1919: Omaha, Nebraska
**1919: Charleston, South Carolina
**1919: Longview, Texas
**1919: Knoxville, Tennessee
**1919: Elaine, Arkansas
*1921: Tulsa, Oklahoma [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 0618340769; Robert A. Gibson, "The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880-1950," Yale University, 1979.]
*1923: Rosewood, Florida [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 1572972564.]
*1935: Harlem, New York
*1943: Detroit, Michigan [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.]
*1943: Beaumont, Texas
*1943: Harlem, New York
*1943: Los Angeles, California

Postwar era: 1946 - 1954

*1946: Columbia, Tennessee Riot

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

*1958: Battle of Hayes Pond
*1964: Harlem Riot
*1964: Philadelphia 1964 race riot
* 1964 Rochester riot
*1965: Watts Riots
*1966: Hough Riots
*1966: North Omaha, Nebraska
*1967: Texas Southern University Riot (Houston, TX)
*1967: 12th Street Riot, Detroit
*1967: Buffalo riot, Buffalo, New York
*1967: Milwaukee Riot
*1967: Minneapolis North Side Riots
*1967: 1967 Newark riots
*1968: Orangeburg massacre
*1968: Nationwide riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
**1968: Baltimore riot of 1968
**1968: Chicago (April 1968)
**1968: Louisville riots of 1968
**1968: 1968 Washington, D.C. riots
*1969: York, Pennsylvania race riots
*1970: Jackson State killings
*1971: Camden Riots
*1972-1977: Escambia High riots in Pensacola, Florida

Modern

*1980: Miami Riots
*1980: Chattanooga Riot
*1990: Inglewood High School riot: A riot that broke out in front of the school between 30 Latino and Blacks after the black students leave the Cinco de Mayo day as revenge for running out on Black History Day.
*1991: Crown Heights Riot
*1992: Los Angeles Riots: In a reaction to the acquittal of all LA police officers involved in the videotaped beating of Rodney King; riots broke out mainly involving Black youth in the Black neighborhoods.
*1996: St. Petersburg Riots: 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.
*2001: Cincinnati Riots: 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 Riot
*2005: 2005 Toledo Riot: A race riot that broke out after the Neo Nazi protest marched through a black neighborhood.
*2006: Fontana High School riot: Riot involving about 500 Latino and black students [ [http://www.sbsun.com/search/ci_4491714?IADID=Search-www.sbsun.com-www.sbsun.com San Bernardino County Sun - Fontana students blame riot on simmering racial tension] ]
*2006: Prison Race Riots: A war between Latino and black prison gangs set off a series of riots across California [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/10/national/10prison.html?_r=1&oref=slogin More Injuries as Race Riots Disrupt Jails in Los Angeles] ] [ [http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/12/race-riot-put-down-at-california-state.php Race riot put down at California state prison] ]
*2008: Locke High School riot [ [http://articles.latimes.com/2008/may/10/local/me-locke10 Locke High School locked down after huge brawl] , Los Angeles Times]

Uzbekistan

*Uzbekistan (1989) - After bloody riots against the Meskhetian Turks in Central Asia's Ferghana Valley, nearly 90,000 Meskhetian Turks left Uzbekistan [ [http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=28663 Focus on Mesketian Turks] ]

Zambia

*Lusaka (2006) - Anti-Chinese Riot in Lusaka [ [http://chinaview.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/why-china-is-trying-to-colonize-africa/ Why China Is Trying To Colonize Africa] ]

ee also

*List of riots
*Ethnic cleansing
*Pogrom
*Violence
*Hep-Hep riots
*Sinophobia
*Xenophobia in South Africa
*Riots and pogroms in Sri Lanka

References