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Race riot

A race riot or racial riot is an outbreak of violent civil disorder in which race is a key factor. A phenomenon frequently confused with the concept of 'race riot' is sectarian violence, which involves public mass violence or conflict over non-racial factors.-United States:The term had entered the English language in the United States by the 1890s...

Timeline of Events

1910

7.4.1910

African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match sparking race riots across the United States.

1943

6.19.1943

Race riots occur in Beaumont, Texas.

1961

5.21.1961

American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.

1966

8.7.1966

Race riots occur in Lansing, Michigan.

1969

5.13.1969

Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

1972

10.11.1972

A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier ''Kitty Hawk'' off the coast of Vietnam during Operation Linebacker.