riots

Presents a historical background of the 1967 Detroit riots, explores controversies surrounding the event, and offers personal narratives from those involved.

First published under title: June 16 : the fruit of fear. Captioned photographs and introductory text relates the traumatic upheaval under apartheid since June 16, 1976 in South Africa.

Chronicles the history of civil unrest in the 1960s, looking at the causes and expression of anger over racism, the Vietnam War, equal rights, and other issues, and discussing the effects of those protests.

Discusses the riots that occurred in Los Angeles in 1992 after the verdict in the Rodney King case.

Examines how urban race riots that took place in the Jim Crow era impacted the African-American community and influenced the development of the civil rights movement.

In 1921, fifteen-year-old Noble Chase hates the sheriff of Wekiwa, Oklahoma, and is more than willing to cross him to help his best friend, a black man, who is injured during race riots in nearby Tulsa.

In 1863, fifteen-year-old Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and an African father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and a federal draft, lash out against African-Americans and wealthy "swells" of New York City.

Describes the far-reaching repercussions of the events of March 7, 1965 when 525 men, women, and children in Alabama attempted to march from Selma to the state capitol in Montgomery in order to register to vote.

When the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the value of getting along with others.