Dixmoor race riot

The 1964 Dixmoor race riot occurred between August 15 and 17 in Dixmoor, Illinois. After a woman accused of shoplifting a bottle of gin was wrestled to the ground by the owner of the liquor store, black residents took to the streets in anger and looted the liquor store and burned various nearby buildings. ^[1]

References

↑ Grossman, Ron. "The Gin Bottle Race Riot". The Chicago Tribune. The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

Riots and civil unrest in Illinois

Race riots	Pana riot of 1899 Springfield race riot of 1908 East St. Louis riot of 1917 Chicago race riot of 1919 Airport Homes race riots of 1946 Fernwood Park race riot of 1947 Englewood race riots of 1949 Cicero race riot of 1951 Dixmoor race riot of 1964 Cairo race riot of 1967

Other riots and unrest	Banditti of the Prairie, 1830s–1840s Lager Beer Riot, 1855 Charleston riot, 1864 Haymarket affair, 1886 Pullman Strike, 1894 Battle of Virden, 1898 1905 Chicago Teamsters' strike Aldermen's Wars, 1916–1921 Memorial Day massacre of 1937 Division Street riots, 1966 1968 Chicago riots Democratic National Convention protest activity, 1968 Days of Rage Weatherman riot, 1969 2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest

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