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  List of riots - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Deadliest riots in world history, with an estimated 30,000 killed in the Hippodrome.
Student riot leads to closing of university for 2 years.
Riots and civil unrest in the United States
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_riots   (2161 words)

  
 Top20Newark.com - Your Top20Guide to Newark, NJ.
Newark, nicknamed The Brick City, is the largest city in New Jersey and the county seat of urban Essex County.
Newark was established on the remains of the New Netherlands plantation of Acter Col, which dated from the 1620's (Shorto, 127).
Newark is known historically for having a high African American population, recently, however, it is beginning to divsersify, as Brazilians are beginning to gain a strong presence in the city, partiuarly in the Ironbound neighborhood, causing increase in Newarks both Hispanic and White (depending on what they consider themselves) population.
www.top20newark.com   (4593 words)

  
 The Newark Experience
Report of the Commission appointed by President Lyndon Johnson to investigate the riots that had occured in Newark and elsewhere in the U.S. Chapter one of what came to be known as the "Kerner Report" consists of "profiles of a selection of the disorders that took place during the summer of 1967.
Hidalgo, Hilda A. The Puerto Ricans in Newark, N.J. Newark, Aspira, 1971.
Newark City Subway Timeline Significant dates in the history of the Newark City Subway from the building of the Morris Canal in the 1820s to the 1990s.
newark.rutgers.edu /~natalieb/newark.htm   (11524 words)

  
 African-American Internet Subject Guide - Newark Public Library
The collections of The Newark Public Library are rich in materials by, for, and about African Americans.
Former Newark Public Library Director Dr. Alex Boyd founded these awards for fiction, first novelists, nonfiction, and outstanding contributions to African American literature.
Sean Patrick Dockray's paper arguing that uprisings were triggered "when a series of institutions defined certain actions as a 'riot' and launched a complex struggle over the definition of space."
www.npl.org /Pages/InternetResources/SubjectGuides/africanamerican.html   (4177 words)

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