What the records say
- When
- 30 Jul 1978
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 34.20° N, 119.18° W
- Description
- riot in Oxnard, California
Placed at the town its description names, Oxnard.
Oxnard Klan Riot of 1978
Riot in Oxnard, California
On the afternoon of July 30, 1978, in Oxnard, California, the Ku Klux Klan attempted to show The Birth of a Nation at the municipal community center as a recruiting and fundraising drive. The event was disrupted by a combative protest led by the Progressive Labor Party and Committee Against Racism.
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