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Thereā€™s a Riot Goinā€™ On: Riots in U.S. History (Part Two)
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Riots in Washington, D.C. Chicago Race Riot Zoot Suit Riots At night in Los Angeles, police officers in helmets and leather jackets search several young Black men who are lined up against storefronts with their hands on the wall. Chicago after the 1968 riots 1968 Democratic National Convention, Chicago The Stonewall Inn Attica prison revolt Riot in Comiskey Park on Disco Demolition Night A group of LAPD officers in riot gear advances across a lawn toward a protestor who is ducking and covering his head, with a burning police car visible in the background at night.
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Thereā€™s a Riot Goinā€™ On: Riots in U.S. History (Part Two): Media

The landscape of 20th-century American history is strewn with riots, from New York City to Los Angeles.
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Riots in Washington, D.C.
Soldiers standing guard in Washington, D.C., during the riots that occurred after...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. 04301u)
Chicago Race Riot
African Americans and whites leaving the beach along Lake Michigan in Chicago, 1919.
Ā© Historica Graphica Collectionā€”Heritage Images/Getty Images
Zoot Suit Riots
Zoot-suiters arrested during the Zoot Suit Riots waiting to be taken to the courthouse...
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Watts Riots, 1966
Police searching men in the Watts district of Los Angeles in March 1966, seven months...
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Chicago after the 1968 riots
Aerial view of the devastated West Side of Chicago, April 1968.
Ā© Underwood Archivesā€”Archive Photos/Getty Images
1968 Democratic National Convention, Chicago
A Chicago police officer squirting mace at demonstrators during a protest outside...
Ā© Everett Collection Historical/Alamy
The Stonewall Inn
Travis Wise
Attica prison revolt
Inmates at the Attica Correctional Facility in New York negotiating with Russell...
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Riot in Comiskey Park on Disco Demolition Night
After a giant crate filled with disco records was blown up in center field in Comiskey...
Chicago Sun-Times collection, Chicago History Museum (ST-17500752-E1)
Los Angeles riots of 1992
Police advancing on a protestor on the south lawn of Los Angeles City Hall on April...
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