Hough riots

Hough riots
Part of Ghetto riots
Now-empty lot at the intersection of E. 79th Street and Hough Ave. where the Seventy-Niner's Café once stood
Date	July 18–23, 1966
Location	Hough neighborhood, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. 41°30′33″N 81°38′05″W / 41.5092°N 81.6346°W / 41.5092; -81.6346
Caused by	Racial tension, poverty, racial segregation
Methods	Widespread gunfire, rioting, looting, assault, arson, protests, property damage, murder
Parties
Residents of Hough Cleveland Police Department
Number
Several hundred to more than a thousand 2,100 policemen 1,700 Ohio National Guardsmen
Casualties
Death(s)	4
Injuries	50
Arrested	approx. 275

The Hough riots were riots in the predominantly African-American community of Hough (pronounced "Huff") in Cleveland, Ohio, United States which took place from July 18 to 23, 1966. During the riots, four African Americans were killed and 50 people were injured. There were 275 arrests and numerous incidents of arson and firebombings. City officials at first blamed black nationalist and communist organizations for the riots, but historians generally dismiss these claims today, arguing that the cause of the Hough Riots were primarily poverty and racism.^[1] The riots caused rapid population loss and economic decline in the area, which lasted at least five decades after the riots.