Bisbee Riot

"Bisbee gunfight" redirects here. For the 1883 event, see Bisbee massacre. For the 1917 event, see Bisbee Deportation.
Bisbee Riot
Part of Red Summer
July 4th US News coverage of the July 3, 1919 Bisbee Riot
DateJuly 3, 1919
LocationBisbee, Arizona, United States
Also known asBattle of Brewery Gulch
Outcome~8 wounded
B&W picture of a street
A photograph of Tombstone Canyon in the 1910s

The Bisbee Riot, or the Battle of Brewery Gulch, occurred on July 3, 1919, between the black Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry and members of local police forces in Bisbee, Arizona.

Following a confrontation between a military policeman and some of the Buffalo Soldiers, the situation escalated into a street battle in Bisbee's historic Brewery Gulch. At least eight people were seriously injured, and fifty soldiers were arrested. This incident was unusual for being between police and military. Most other riots during the Red Summer of 1919 involved wide-scale white rioting against blacks, both sides civilians.[1][2]

  1. ^ Voogd, Jan (2008). Race Riots and Resistance: The Red Summer of 1919. Peter Lang. ISBN 978-1433100673.
  2. ^ McWhirter, Cameron (2011). Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America. Macmillan. pp. 90–92. ISBN 978-1429972932.