What the records say
- When
- Jul 1963
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 38.57° N, 76.08° W
- Description
- race riots in Cambridge, Maryland, US
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Cambridge riots of 1963
Race riots in Cambridge, Maryland, US
The Cambridge riots of 1963 were race riots that occurred during the summer of 1963 in Cambridge, a small city on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The riots emerged during the Civil Rights Movement, locally led by Gloria Richardson and the local chapter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. They were opposed by segregationists including the police.
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