Riots 1964-68 Flashcards

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how many riots were there? How many casualties/arrests

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329 riots
220 fatalities
52,629 arrests

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The first riot

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New York City, July 1964. Began when police shot a black man

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worst riots of 1964

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New york, Philadelphia, Rochester

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worst riot of 1965

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Los Angeles

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5
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worst riots of 1966

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chicago, cleveland

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worst riots of 1967

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newark, detroit

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The riots tended to happen in summer. Why?

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heat during the summer made ghetto conditions worse

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how did police discrimination provoke riots?

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The police seemed to spend more time harassing young black men than keeping ghettos safe. Were quick to shoot “suspects”. in the 30 months before the Watts riots, 65 black people were shot by police.

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how did discrimination from white officials provoke riots

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city officials didnt respond to complaints such as badly repaired roads and landlord harassment

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how unemployment provoked riots

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black people were twice as likely to be unemployed and they mainly had unskilled, low paying jobs

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how people being poor provoked riots

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black people were more than twice as likely to be poor. landlords (mostly white) crowded them into cramped, badly repaired, over priced housing. schools were rundown, underequipped and lacked funding

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who would riot

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80% of young black men with support from their communities. they saw riots as a reaction to the actions of white people. white business which discriminated against black people were targeted.

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why did riots spread?

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more people joined black power groups. they drew attention to ghetto problems

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MLK’s response to the riots

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visited Watts during the riots and decided SCLC needed to campaign in the North

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Kerner report of 1968

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Was the result of an enquiry into the riots set up by president Johnson. says they were caused by poor ghetto conditions and white official’s reluctance to listen to black community

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Kerner report’s comments on policing

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the police should change policies to provide protection in the ghettos
they need to change their unfair treatment of black people
police had made riots worse by using violence

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kerner report’s comments on reaction to the riots

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federal money given after the riots was used on equipping and training police instead of improving ghetto conditions
there was no attempt to improve ghettos or win the trust of black communities

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kerner report’s comments on media reactions

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the media had sensationalised the riots, almost always exaggarating damage, numbers of deaths and federal aid given afterwards