Dixmoor race riot

Dixmoor race riot
Part of Ghetto riots
Location
Dixmoor, Illinois
Parties
rioters
Casualties
Injuries37
Arrested25

The 1964 Dixmoor race riot, also known as the Gin Bottle Riot,[1] 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.[2]

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  2. ^ Grossman, Ron. "The Gin Bottle Race Riot". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 16 March 2016.