What Is The Cause Of The New Orleans Race Riots?
1900: New Orleans, Louisiana
The New Orleans Race Riots of 1900 were sparked after African American laborer Robert Charles shot a police officer, which led to a manhunt. Twenty-eight people were killed in the conflict, including Robert Charles himself. Many more people were killed and wounded by riots stemming from the manhunt.
1900: New York City, New York
1906: Atlanta, Georgia[35]
On September 22nd, 1906, Atlanta newspapers reported four alleged assaults on local white women. Soon, some 10,000 white men and boys began gathering on Decatur Street in the Five Points area downtown. The newspapers with their incendiary headlines were circulated around and the mob soon turned violent, running down, beating, stabbing, and/or lynching black …show more content…
August 30
Knoxville, Tennessee
During the Knoxville Race riot, a mob stormed the county jail to release 16 white prisoners, including convicted murderers. Turning to the African-American district, the mob killed at least seven and wounded more than 20 people.
September 28
Omaha, Nebraska
One man was lynched and $1,000,000 in property damage, including burning of the county courthouse, was caused by white mob of more than 10,000 people during the Omaha Race Riot.
October 1
Elaine, Arkansas
The Elaine Race Riot was provoked in an altercation as a white man was shot when trying to break up a black sharecropper organizing meeting. White landowners then formed a group to attack the African-American farmers. Five whites and between 100 and 200 blacks died as a result. Seventy-nine blacks were later tried and convicted, with 12 sentenced to death, and the remainder 's accepting terms of up to 21 years. Appeals of their cases went to the U.S. Supreme Court which found them not guilty because of how their trials had been conducted. The ruling resulted in an expansion of federal oversight of state treatment of defendants '
The New Orleans Race Riots of 1900 were sparked after African American laborer Robert Charles shot a police officer, which led to a manhunt. Twenty-eight people were killed in the conflict, including Robert Charles himself. Many more people were killed and wounded by riots stemming from the manhunt.
1900: New York City, New York
1906: Atlanta, Georgia[35]
On September 22nd, 1906, Atlanta newspapers reported four alleged assaults on local white women. Soon, some 10,000 white men and boys began gathering on Decatur Street in the Five Points area downtown. The newspapers with their incendiary headlines were circulated around and the mob soon turned violent, running down, beating, stabbing, and/or lynching black …show more content…
August 30
Knoxville, Tennessee
During the Knoxville Race riot, a mob stormed the county jail to release 16 white prisoners, including convicted murderers. Turning to the African-American district, the mob killed at least seven and wounded more than 20 people.
September 28
Omaha, Nebraska
One man was lynched and $1,000,000 in property damage, including burning of the county courthouse, was caused by white mob of more than 10,000 people during the Omaha Race Riot.
October 1
Elaine, Arkansas
The Elaine Race Riot was provoked in an altercation as a white man was shot when trying to break up a black sharecropper organizing meeting. White landowners then formed a group to attack the African-American farmers. Five whites and between 100 and 200 blacks died as a result. Seventy-nine blacks were later tried and convicted, with 12 sentenced to death, and the remainder 's accepting terms of up to 21 years. Appeals of their cases went to the U.S. Supreme Court which found them not guilty because of how their trials had been conducted. The ruling resulted in an expansion of federal oversight of state treatment of defendants '