1955–1977
1958: battle of hayes pond (maxton, north carolina)
1962: ole miss riot, oxford, mississippi
1963: birmingham riot of 1963, birmingham, alabama
1963: cambridge riot of 1963 (cambridge, maryland)
1963: lexington riot, lexington, north carolina [27]
1964: harlem riot of 1964 (harlem neighborhood, manhattan, new york city)
1964: rochester riot (rochester, new york)
1964: philadelphia 1964 race riot (north philadelphia section of philadelphia, pennsylvania)
1965: watts riots (watts neighborhood, los angeles, california)
1966: division street riots (humboldt park neighborhood, chicago, ıllinois)
1966: hough riots (hough community, cleveland, ohio)
1966: north omaha, nebraska (north omaha community, omaha, nebraska)
long hot summer of 1967
1967: roxbury riots, (boston, massachusetts)
1967: tampa riots, (tampa, florida)
1967: texas southern university riot (houston, texas)
1967: 1967 detroit riot (detroit, michigan)
1967: buffalo riot (buffalo, new york)
1967: milwaukee riot (milwaukee, wisconsin)
1967: minneapolis north side riots (minneapolis, minnesota)
1967: 1967 newark riots (newark, new jersey)
1967: plainfield riots (plainfield, new jersey)
1967: cincinnati riots (cincinnati, ohio)
1968: orangeburg massacre (orangeburg, south carolina)
1968: king assassination riots following the assassination of martin luther king, jr.
1968: baltimore riot of 1968 (baltimore, maryland)
1968: chicago west side riots (chicago, ıllinois)
1968: louisville riots of 1968 (louisville, kentucky)
1968: 1968 washington, d.c. riots (washington, d.c.)
1968: 1968 wilmington riots (wilmington, delaware)
1968: glenville shootout and riot (cleveland, ohio)
1969: 1969 york race riot (york, pennsylvania)
1970: may 11 race riot (augusta, georgia)
1970: jackson state killings (jackson, mississippi)
1971: camden riots (camden, new jersey)
1972-1977: escambia high school riots (pensacola, florida)
1975: chaffey high school race riot enhanced by local sniper (ontario, california)
--- 1980 - 2015
1980: miami riot 1980
1991: crown heights riot
1991: overtown, miami
1992: 1992 los angeles riots
1992: harlem, manhattan in new york city – july
1995: st. petersburg, florida riot
2001: 2001 cincinnati riots – april
2005: toledo, ohio
2009: oakland, ca
2014: 2014 ferguson unrest
2015: 2015 baltimore riots
2015: ferguson unrest