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When it was discovered that this courthouse had been the site of a lynching and a race riot, this promise took on a particularly sinister character.
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Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
The local public housing project, Trumbull Park Homes, was the site of White violence against Black tenants, resulting in a horrific race riot in 1953.
—Essence, 26 Nov. 2025
When America entered the Second World War, states and cities moved to enact additional hate speech laws, in part to prevent race riots that threatened to disrupt industrial production and the war effort.
—Time, 29 Sep. 2025
One of the university’s most famous buildings is Tillman Hall, named for Ben Tillman, a white supremacist who participated in two race riots in my home state of South Carolina: the Hamburg and Ellenton massacres.
—Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2025
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Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
The local public housing project, Trumbull Park Homes, was the site of White violence against Black tenants, resulting in a horrific race riot in 1953.
—Essence, 26 Nov. 2025
When America entered the Second World War, states and cities moved to enact additional hate speech laws, in part to prevent race riots that threatened to disrupt industrial production and the war effort.
—Time, 29 Sep. 2025
One of the university’s most famous buildings is Tillman Hall, named for Ben Tillman, a white supremacist who participated in two race riots in my home state of South Carolina: the Hamburg and Ellenton massacres.
—Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Race riot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/race%20riot. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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