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Oldham, home to a large British Pakistani community, has previously been a flashpoint for race riots, riven by divisions that extremists have sought to take advantage of.
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Nic Robertson, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
Essay Peekskill Blues Jennifer Young How a race riot in New York state inspired a generation to reconsider America's vulnerability to fascism.
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Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
That was the year when race riots swept through many U.S. cities.
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Tony Blengino, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
At the beginning of his career, Looby worked alongside Thurgood Marshall to represent 25 Black men who’d been charged with murder in the aftermath of a race riot in Columbia, Tennessee.
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Andrea Williams, The Tennessean, 19 Apr. 2024
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First Known Use
1890, in the meaning defined above
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“Race riot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/race%20riot. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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