Dixmoor race riot

Quando

15 de ago. de 1964

Tipo

Tumulto

Coordenadas

41.63° N, 87.66° W

Description

civil unrest in Illinois, U.S.

Posicionado em: town its title names, Dixmoor.

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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