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List of incidents of civil unrest in New York City

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Fighting during the Draft Riots of 1863

This list is about incidents of civil unrest, rioting, violent labor disputes, or minor insurrections or revolts in New York City.

By date

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Civil unrest in New York by date in ascending order, from earliest to latest.

1964 riots in Harlem

By number of deaths

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The following is a list of civil unrest in New York by number of deaths in descending order from most to least deaths. In cases where the number of deaths is uncertain, the lowest estimate is used.

No deaths

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The following is a list of civil unrest in New York where no deaths occurred listed in ascending order by year, from earliest to latest. The number of injured is listed in cases where the number is known.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Slave Revolt of 1712". Mapping the African American Past (MAAP). Columbia University. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "A List of White Persons taken into Custody on Account of the 1741 Conspiracy". Africans in America. PBS. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Lovejoy, Bess (June 17, 2014). "The Gory New York City Riot that Shaped American Medicine". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Burrows, Edwin G. & Wallace, Mike (1999). Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-195-11634-8.
  5. ^ a b "Serious Disturbance Last Night—Outrageous Conduct of the Native Americans—The Military Called out". Brooklyn Eagle. April 5, 1844.
  6. ^ a b Asbury, Herbert. The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the New York Underworld. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. (pg. 97-102) ISBN 1-56025-275-8
  7. ^ a b Headley, J.T. (1873). The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873, Including a Full and Complete Account of the Four Days' Draft Riot of 1863. New York: E.B. Treat. pp. 131–132. ISBN 9781605206547.
  8. ^ Field, Anthony James (Winter 2021). "The "Irrepressible Conflict:" Policing in Civil War-Era New York City, 1860–1862". The Saber and Scroll Journal. 10 (2): 103–107. doi:10.18278/SSHJ.10.2.8 (inactive 31 January 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
  9. ^ a b Casualty counts vary by source. See McPherson, James M. (1982). Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 360. ISBN 0-394-52469-1 – via Internet Archive.
  10. ^ a b Gutman, Herbert G. "The Tompkins square 'Riot' in New York City on January 13, 1874: A re-examination of its causes and its aftermath". Labor History6:1 (1965) p. 45
  11. ^ "New York City Race Riot, August 1900 - Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room (Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress)". www.loc.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Women in Bread Riot At Doors of City Hall. With Babies in Arms They Cry for Cheaper Food. Dispersed by Mounted Police. Police Fail to Break Rush. Mrs. Harris Makes Speech. Marie Ganz Arrested" (PDF). New York Times. February 21, 1917. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  13. ^ a b "Straw Hat Smashing Orgy Bares Heads from Battery to Bronx". New York Tribune. September 16, 1922. Page 3, column 3.
  14. ^ a b Appiah, Anthony; Henry Louis Gates (2005). Africana: Civil Rights; An A-To-Z Reference of the Movement That Changed America. Running Press. ISBN 0-7624-1958-X.
  15. ^ a b Brandt, Nat (1996). Harlem at War: The Black Experience in WWII. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-0462-4.
  16. ^ a b Fred C. Shapiro and James W. Sullivan (1964). Race riots, New York, 1964. New York: Crowell.
  17. ^ US News Staff. "109 U.S. Cities Faced Violence in 1967". US News. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  18. ^ Clay Risen (16 January 2009). "The Night New York Avoided a Riot". The Morning News.
  19. ^ Kifner, John (2008-04-28). "Columbia's Radicals of 1968 Hold a Bittersweet Reunion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  20. ^ National Park Service (2008). "Workforce Diversity: The Stonewall Inn, National Historic Landmark National Register Number: 99000562". US Department of Interior. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  21. ^ a b Bigart, Homer (1970-05-09). "War Foes Here Attacked By Construction Workers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  22. ^ a b "Clifford Glover: Instant Martyrdom". The Montreal Gazette. May 7, 1973. Retrieved September 15, 2010.
  23. ^ a b Gottlieb, Martin; Glanz, James (August 15, 2003). "The Blackouts of '65 and '77 Became Defining Moments in the City's History". New York Times. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
  24. ^ a b Wines, Michael (1988-08-10). "Class Struggle Erupts Along Avenue B". New York Times.
  25. ^ a b "Beep Honor Peace Coalition: Crown Heights leaders reflect on 10-year milestone"[permanent dead link], New York Daily News, August 23, 2001.
  26. ^ a b Dao, James (7 July 1992). "Angered by Police Killing, a Neighborhood Erupts". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  27. ^ McKinley, James (17 September 1992). "Officers Rally And Dinkins Is Their Target". The New York Times.
  28. ^ "Family of Kimani Gray, teen shot and killed by NYPD cops who thought he had a gun, reaches $250G settlement". New York Daily News. May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  29. ^ Shapiro, Julie (12 March 2013). "Flatbush Riot: Vigil For Kimani Gray, 16-Year-Old Shot And Killed By NYPD Cops, Turns Violent (PHOTOS)". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  30. ^ "Riots in Brooklyn after police fatally shoot teenager". Fox 8. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  31. ^ Asbury, Herbert (1928). The Gangs of New York. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 169.
  32. ^ Cliff, Nigel (2007) The Shakespeare Riots: Revenge, Drama, and Death in Nineteenth-Century America, New York: Random House. ISBN 0-345-48694-3
  33. ^ "Abolition Riots 1834-1836". History Box. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  34. ^ Field, Anthony James (Winter 2021). "The "Irrepressible Conflict:" Policing in Civil War-Era New York City, 1860–1862". The Saber and Scroll Journal. 10 (2): 103–107. doi:10.18278/SSHJ.10.2.8 (inactive 31 January 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)