Racial Conflict – Race Riots
Overtown-Liberty City (Miami) Riot (1989)
On January 16, 1989, Miami police officer William Lozano shot and killed Clement Lloyd, an African American motorcyclist. Allen Blanchard,...
The Cicero Riot of 1951
The Cicero Riot of 1951 occurred from July 11-12, 1951, when a mob of approximately 4,000 whites attacked an apartment...
We Can Best Honor Our Past by Not Burying It: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
In the article that follows Syracuse University historian Herbert G. Ruffin II takes us back in time to describe the...
Tampa Bay Race Riot (1967)
The Tampa Bay Race Riot was one of dozens of race riots that occurred in U.S. cities during the spring...
1942 Burma Road Riot, Bahamas
In 1942, during World War II, British military officials authorized the construction of two military air bases in the then...
The Ocoee Massacre (1920)
The Ocoee Massacre, which occurred in the town of Ocoee, Florida on November 2-3, 1920, was the largest election-related massacre...
John “the Baptist” Stradford (1861-1935)
John B (for the Baptist) Stradford was born a free man in Versailles, Kentucky in 1861. His father, J.C. Stradford...
Longview, Texas Race Riot, 1919
The Longview Race Riot occurred on July 10-12 in this northeast Texas city where 1,790 blacks comprised 31% of the...
Peekskill Riot (1949)
The Peekskill Riot was a series of violent attacks by mobs of white citizens directed against African Americans and Jews...
