When They Criticize Black People For Rioting, They Forget This Happened on Their Watches

Anytime you hear someone criticizing black people for rioting, share this info with them.

FACT:

Prior to the 1960s, rioting (or race riots), consisted of whites burning down and destroying black communities simply because they didn't want them there. Mostly in major northern, western and Midwestern cities, where the population of black citizens grew tremendously due to the great migration. Blacks fled from Jim Crow south to seek refuge and to find jobs and homes. The competition was fierce, thousands and thousands of blacks flooded the cities resulting in "white flight". 

White people were angry that blacks were taking over jobs and building their own communities. Even white soldiers that have been stationed away from home were furious when they came back to this "change".

This is how race riots started. Whites were not too happy about desegregation in their cities. With subliminal attempts to keep their city segregated, blacks were not allowed in the "white" part of town. Black homes and communities were destroyed and burned down by angry white mobs and countless deaths occurred.

Here are ONLY just a few examples of race riots that took place in our country:

1919: Elaine Race Riot, Elaine, AR

1921: May 30- June 1. Tulsa, OK. Black Wall Street Massacre

1922. May 6, June 9 Kirven, Texas

1923: January 1. Rosewood, FL Rosewood Massacre

1930: October 12-15 Sainte Genevieve, MO

1931: March Scottsboro, AL 

1935: March 19 Harlem, NY Harlem Riot of 1935

1943: May Mobile, AL

1943: June Los Angeles, CA Zoot Suit Riot

1943: June 15-16 Beaumont, TX Beaumont Race Riot of 1943

1943: June 20 Detroit, MI Detroit Race Riot

1943:August 1 Harlem,NY Harlem Riot of 1943

1949: August-September Peekskill, NY

1951: July 11-12 Cicero County, IL Cicero Race Riot

1958: Maxton, NC Battle of Hayes Pond 

1959: February Pearl River County, MS

1960: April Biloxi Beach, MS

1962: October Oxford, MS Uni of Mississippi

1963: September 30. Oxford, MS Ole Miss Riot

1963: July 11 Cambridge, MD Cambridge riot of 1963 

1963: May 13 Birmingham, AL Bombings

1964: July Brooklyn, NY

1964: July 18 Harlem, NY Harlem Riot of 1964 

1964: July 24-26 Rochester, NY Rochester riot

1964: August Jersey City, NJ

1964: August Paterson, NJ

1964: August Elizabeth, NJ

1964: August Chicago, IL

1964: August 28 Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia 1964 race riot 

1965: March 7 Selma, AL Bloody Sunday

1965: July Springfield, MA

1965: August 11-17 Los Angeles, CA Watts Riot

... only to name a few....

(Image: Race Riot in Detroit, 1943)