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Civil Rights Riots
Riots in numerous American cities took place during the 1960s, even as victories were won against legal segregation and disfranchisement in the South. The Civil Rights Movement had raised hopes…
The Rosewood Massacre
Rosewood Case, one of the worst race riots in American history, in which hundreds of angry whites killed an undetermined number of blacks and burnt down their Florida community. In…
Selma: Bloody Sunday
In 1965 the SCLC joined a voting-rights protest march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery, more than 80 km (50 mi) away. The goal of the march…
Civil Rights: A Dark Day
Six Dead After Church Bombing Blast Kills Four Children; Riots Follow Two Youths Slain; State Reinforces Birmingham Police…. Birmingham, Sept. 15 A bomb hurled from a passing car blasted a…
Viola Liuzzo: The Day of Her Death
After the march ended, thousands had to get out of the city before nightfall. Viola Liuzzo got her car and headed back to Selma with a load of passengers. She…
Viola Liuzzo: The Killers
Within 24 hours, President Johnson was on television, personally announcing the arrest of the four assailants and vowing to exterminate the KKK.A March 28 Detroit News article gave profiles of…
Attica: Unity of Black and Hispanic Americans
Thursday September 9th 1971 around 8:00am several inmates with chains, baseball bats and pipes, took 40 guards hostage at Attica state prison. It was on September 8th that the inmates were…
