Riot

Dixmoor race riot

15 Aug 1964 · 41.63° N, 87.66° W

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When
15 Aug 1964
Kind
Riot
Coordinates
41.63° N, 87.66° W
Description
civil unrest in Illinois, U.S.

Placed at the town its title names, Dixmoor.

Dixmoor race riot

1964 race riot in Dixmoor, Illinois

The 1964 Dixmoor race riot, also known as the Gin Bottle 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 and arrested, black residents took to the streets in anger. They picketed the liquor store, but then attacked it, looting it and burning various nearby buildings.

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