1969 York race riot

1969 York race riot
Part of Ghetto riots
DateJuly 1969
Location
York, Pennsylvania
Caused byRacially polarizing murders
Resulted in
  • Investigations of murders
  • End of riots by police
Parties

White rioters

  • White gangs
  • Other white rioters

Black rioters

  • Black gangs
  • Other black rioters
Casualties
Death(s)2
Injuries80+
Arrested100+

The 1969 York race riot refers to a period of racial unrest in York, Pennsylvania in July 1969. This period of increased racial unrest followed a period of significant racial tension, rioting and racial justice protests that were taking place in multiple cities across Pennsylvania and the nation, during and after the Civil rights movement — actions that had endeavored to abolish multiple forms of legalized institutional racism in the United States through primarily nonviolent methods between 1954 and 1968.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Zarefsky, David. President Johnson's War on Poverty: Rhetoric and History, pp. 111-118. University, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press, 1986.
  2. ^ Peter J. Ling, "What a difference a death makes: JFK, LBJ, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964." The Sixties 8#2 (2015): 121–137.
  3. ^ "Cities Find Riot Insurance Dear, Hard to Get." York, Pennsylvania: The York Dispatch, August 15, 1969, p. 5 (subscription required).
  4. ^ McKee, Don. "Double Trouble: The Economics of Racism." York, Pennsylvania: The Gazette and Daily, June 29, 1963, p. 19 (subscription required).