1967 Newark riots

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The 1967 Newark riots were a major urban uprising in Newark, New Jersey, sparked by racial tensions and police brutality, that became one of the most significant and violent civil disturbances of the 1960s in the United States.

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Generate an image of the 1967 Newark riots (The 1967 Newark riots were a major urban uprising in Newark, New Jersey, sparked by racial tensions and police brutality, that became one of the most significant and violent civil disturbances of the 1960s in the United States.)

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1967 Newark riots canonical 5

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil disturbance ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
race riot ⓘ
urban uprising ⓘ
characterizedBy arson ⓘ
clashes between residents and police ⓘ
deployment of armored vehicles ⓘ
looting ⓘ
use of live ammunition by law enforcement ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endDate 1967-07-17 ⓘ
ethnicContext African American community in Newark ⓘ
followedBy 1967 Detroit riot ⓘ
governorDuringEvent Richard J. Hughes ⓘ
hasCause economic inequality ⓘ
police brutality ⓘ
political disenfranchisement of Black residents ⓘ
racial tensions ⓘ
segregation in housing ⓘ
systemic racism ⓘ
hasCommissionOfInquiry New Jersey Governor’s Select Commission on Civil Disorder ⓘ
legacy influenced later reforms in policing and urban policy in Newark ⓘ
locatedIn Essex County, New Jersey ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
Newark, New Jersey ⓘ
mayorDuringEvent Hugh Addonizio ⓘ
mediaCoverageBy national television networks in the United States ⓘ
numberOfArrests over 1500 ⓘ
numberOfDeaths 26 ⓘ
numberOfInjured over 700 ⓘ
opposedBy New Jersey National Guard ⓘ
New Jersey State Police ⓘ
Newark Police Department ⓘ
partOf Long Hot Summer of 1967 ⓘ
civil rights era urban unrest in the United States ⓘ
propertyDamage over 10 million US dollars (1967) in damage ⓘ
result accelerated white flight from Newark ⓘ
heightened racial tensions in Newark ⓘ
long-term economic decline in affected neighborhoods ⓘ
significant casualties among civilians ⓘ
widespread destruction of businesses ⓘ
significance one of the most violent urban uprisings in the United States during the 1960s ⓘ
startDate 1967-07-12 ⓘ
studiedIn African American history ⓘ
civil rights history ⓘ
urban studies ⓘ
timePeriod 1960s ⓘ
1967 ⓘ
triggeredBy arrest and beating of Black cab driver John William Smith ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Black Power movement → hasKeyEvent → 1967 Newark riots ⓘ
Long Hot Summer of 1967 → hasPart → 1967 Newark riots ⓘ
The Many Saints of Newark → portraysEvent → 1967 Newark riots ⓘ
1967 Plainfield riots → follows → 1967 Newark riots ⓘ
Harold McBrayer → associatedWithEvent → 1967 Newark riots ⓘ