1964 Philadelphia race riot

1964 Philadelphia race riot
Part of Ghetto riots
DateAugust 28 - 30, 1964
Location
Caused byAllegations of police brutality
Methodsrioting, looting, arson
Parties
Black residents of North Philadelphia
Casualties
Injuries341
Arrested774

The Philadelphia race riot, or Columbia Avenue Riot, took place in the predominantly black neighborhoods of North Philadelphia from August 28 to August 30, 1964. Tensions between black residents of the city and police had been escalating for several months over several well-publicized allegations of police brutality.[1]

This riot was one of the first in the civil rights era and followed the 1964 Rochester race riot and Harlem riot of 1964 in New York City.

  1. ^ Nicole Maurantonio, “Standing By: Police Paralysis, Race, and the 1964 Philadelphia Riot,” Journalism History, 38 (Summer 2012), 110–21.