Primary Source Spotlight: Race Riots/Protests
Wilmington, North Carolina 1898
- 1898 newspaper coverage
- Early African American Perspectives on the Wilmington Race Riots Documenting the American South
- 1898 Monument and Memorial Park Documenting the American South
New York City 1900
Atlanta, Georgia 1906
- 1906 newspaper coverage
- E. W. Evans oral history transcript Atlanta riot recollections
- Letter from Francis Jackson Garrison to Booker T. Washington concerning the Atlanta Riot October 7, 1906
- Mary White Ovington covered the Atlanta riot
- Journalist Ray Stannard Baker after the Atlanta riot
Springfield, Illinois 1908
- 1908 newspaper coverage
- Militia camp in tents on State House grounds during the Springfield, Illinois, riots photo
- William English Walling after the Springfield riot
East St. Louis, Illinois 1917
- 1917 newspaper coverage
- NAACP Silent protest parade in New York City against the East St. Louis riots 1917
- Silent Protest Parade: Topics in Chronicling America
- Riot at East St. Louis, Illinois House Committee Hearings, H. J. res. 118, August 3, 1917
- Congressman L.C. Dyer to John R. Shillady concerning an anti-lynching bill April 6, 1918
Chicago 1919
- 1919 newspaper coverage
- The Chicago Race Riots by Carl Sandberg July, 1919
- Chicago 1919: Confronting the Race Riots Newberry Library
- The Red Summer of 1919 Chicago History Museum blog
U.S. 1919
- 1919 race riot newspaper coverage
- Charleston, South Carolina race riot newspaper coverage
- Elaine, Arkansas race riot newspaper coverage
- Longview, Texas race riot newspaper coverage
- John Shillady after Longview, Texas race riot of 1919
- Omaha, Nebraska race riot newspaper coverage
- Omaha Nebraska: The Glory is Departed excerpt from Atlantic Monthly article included in an oral history of H.J. Pinkett 1938
- Washington (D.C.) race riot newspaper coverage
- James E. Scott after Washington D.C. race riot
- Racial Violence and the Red Summer National Archives
- Red Summer, Race Riots, and White Supremacist Terror – Sources VCU Libraries
Ocoee, Florida 1920
- 1920 Ocoee Florida riot historical newspaper coverage
- More 1920 historical newspaper coverage
- The Truth Laid Bare Pegasus Fall 2020, University of Central Florida
Tulsa, Oklahoma 1921
- Greenwood Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 1915 map
- Tulsa Race Massacre image set
- Tulsa City-County Library 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre image collection
- Tulsa Race Massacre: Topics in Chronicling America timeline, select articles and search strategies
- 1921 historical newspaper front-page coverage of the Tulsa Race “Riot”
- Oklahoma race riot remembrance mention in oral history transcript
- The Tulsa Race Massacre Then and Now
- A Century of Questions: Student-Driven Inquiry into the Tulsa Race Massacre Oklahoma State University Writing Project
Rosewood, Florida 1923
- 1923 Rosewood Race Massacre historical newspaper coverage
- Rosewood resources State Library of Florida
- Rosewood Heritage and VR Project University of Central Florida
Harlem, New York 1935 & 1943 & 1964
- Vivian Morris oral history transcript [1935] 1939
- H. Jack Geiger oral history interview [1943] 2013
- William Lamar Strickland oral history interview [1964] (also discusses 1967 Detroit riot) 2013
- 1964 riot images
Mississippi 1962
- James Meredith & Ole Miss photo & curator note from African American Odyssey online exhibition
- James Meredith image set
- Integration at Ole Miss image set
- James Meredith & the Ole Miss Riot streaming webcast 2012/11/27
- NAACP Requests Assistance for James Meredith letter, September 21, 1962
- Other Foreign News Herb Block cartoon October 26, 1962 (scroll down page to view cartoon and read curator’s note)
Watts, Los Angeles 1965
- image set (smaller images only)
- primary source set Civil Rights Digital Library
Detroit, Michigan 1967
- Fiddler Herb Block cartoon July 25, 1967 (scroll down page to view and read curator’s note)
- Detroit [& Watts] rebellions Elmer Dixon oral history interview 2013
- Detroit Civil Rights Riots July 1967 Newsreel and Footage
Washington D.C. 1968
- 1968 riots image set
- 1968 Riots, Washington D.C. video (no audio)
- How The 1968 Riots Shaped Shaw WAMU [NPR] American University Radio (audio and written transcript)
Los Angeles -Rodney King 1992
- Free at last! Pat Oliphant cartoon April 30, 1992
- Los Angeles Riots April 30, 1992 CNN Report
- The Legacy of Rodney King interview excerpts from PBS Frontline episode
- Two Decades Later, Children of the L.A. Riots Share Memories video interviews
- As Ferguson waits, some lessons from the Rodney King riots Washington Post Nov. 18, 2014
Ferguson, Missouri – Michael Brown 2014
- Ferguson protest images (noncommercial reuse)
- Ferguson reacts to grand jury decision CNN Nov. 24, 2015 (updated Aug. 6, 2014)
- A Raw Scene as Ferguson Turns Violent video from The New York Times (contains graphic language) Nov. 25, 2014
- Ferguson riots: Ruling sparks night of violence BBC Nov. 25, 2014
Baltimore, Maryland – Freddie Gray 2015
- Freddie Gray protest images (noncommercial reuse)
- Baltimore riots: A timeline CNN April 27, 2015 (includes photos)
- Baltimore Riots 2015: Scenes From the Unrest video from The New York Times April 28, 2015
- Baltimore Is Not Ferguson. Here’s What It Really Is NPR (audio and written transcript) Apr. 29, 2015
- The Baltimore Riots Cost an Estimated $9 Million in Damages May 14, 2015
- Baltimore riots: Emails between city leaders show chaos, confusion Jul. 28, 2015 (news article with related videos)
U.S. – George Floyd 2020
- George Floyd protest images (noncommercial reuse)
- George Floyd protests spread nationwide CNN June 1, 2020
- Live Updates from the New York Times
- George Floyd death: Violence erupts on sixth day of protests June 1, 2020
- George Floyd protesters undeterred by US curfews: Live updates Aljazeera
- George Floyd protests go international as demonstrations break out across the world ABC News June 1, 2020
U.S. – Black Lives Matter 2020-2021
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