LIst of Word buttons for Riots just during the 1960s and 1970s in the United States

• 1960 – HUAC riot, May 13, Students protest House Un-American Activities Committee hearings, 12 injured, 64 arrested, San Francisco, California
• 1960 - Newport Jazz Festival Riot, July 2, Newport, Rhode Island
• 1960 – El Cajon Boulevard Riot, August 20, San Diego, California
• 1960 – Ax Handle Saturday, August 27, Jacksonville, Florida
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• 1962 – Ole Miss riot 1962, September 3 – October 1, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
• 1963 – Birmingham riot of 1963, May 11, Birmingham, Alabama
• 1963 – Cambridge riot 1963, June 14, Cambridge, Maryland
• 1964 – the July 16 police-killing of James Powell, in the Yorkville neighbourhood just south of East Harlem, precipitates a string of race riots in July and August, including:
• 1964 – Harlem Riot of 1964, July 16–22, New York City
• 1964 – Rochester 1964 race riot, July 24–25, Rochester, New York
• 1964 – Philadelphia 1964 race riot, August 28–30, Philadelphia
• 1965 – Watts riots, August 11–17, Los Angeles, California
• 1966 – Division Street riots, June 12–14, Humboldt Park, Chicago, Illinois
• 1966 – Omaha riot of 1966, July 2, Omaha, Nebraska
• 1966 – 1966 Chicago West-Side riots, July 12–15, Chicago, Illinois
• 1966 – Hough riots, July 18–24, Cleveland, Ohio
• 1966 – Waukegan riot, August 27, Waukegan, Illinois
• 1966 – Benton Harbor riots, August 30 – September 4, Benton Harbor, Michigan
• 1966 – Sunset Strip curfew riots, November 12, various other flareups, basis for the song "For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield song)", West Hollywood, California
• 1967 – Long Hot Summer of 1967 refers to a year in which 159 race riots erupted across the United States, including:
  • 1967 – Avondale riots, June 12–15, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 1967 – Buffalo riot of 1967, June 27, Buffalo, New York
  • 1967 – 1967 Newark riots, July 12–17, Newark, New Jersey
  • 1967 – 1967 Plainfield riots, July 14–21, Plainfield, New Jersey
  • 1967 – Cairo riot, July 17, Cairo, Illinois
  • 1967 – 1967 Detroit riot, July 23–29, Detroit, Michigan
  • 1967 – Cambridge riot of 1967, July 24, a.k.a. the H. Rap Brown riot, Cambridge, Maryland
  • 1967 – Milwaukee riot, July 30, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• 1968 – Orangeburg Massacre, S.C. State Univ., February 8, Orangeburg, South Carolina
• 1968 – Memphis Sanitation Strike riot, March 28, Memphis, Tennessee
• 1968 – Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4, Memphis, Tennessee, precipitates all April 4–14 riots, including:
  • 1968 – 1968 Detroit riot, April 4–5, Detroit, Michigan
  • 1968 – 1968 New York City riots, April 4–5, New York City, New York
  • 1968 – 1968 Washington, D.C. riots, April 4–8, Washington, D.C.
  • 1968 – 1968 Chicago riots, West Side Riots, April 5–7, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1968 – 1968 Pittsburgh riots, April 5–11, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 1968 – Baltimore riot of 1968, April 6–12, Baltimore, MD
  • 1968 – Avondale riot of 1968, April 8, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 1968 – 1968 Kansas City riot, April 9, Kansas City, Missouri
  • 1968 – Wilmington Riot of 1968, April 9–10, Wilmington, Delaware
  • 1968 – Trenton Riot of 1968, April 9–11, Trenton, New Jersey
• 1968 – Columbia University protests of 1968, April 23, New York City, New York
• 1968 – Louisville riots of 1968, May 27, Louisville, Kentucky
• 1968 – Akron riot, July 17–23, Akron, Ohio
• 1968 – Glenville Shootout, July 23–28, Cleveland, Ohio
• 1968 – 1968 Democratic National Convention protests, including riot August 27–28, Chicago, Illinois
• 1969 – Zip to Zap riot, May 9–11, Zap, North Dakota
• 1969 – People's Park Riots, May, Berkeley, California
• 1969 – 1969 Greensboro uprising, May 21–25, Greensboro, North Carolina
• 1969 – Cairo disorders, May–December, Cairo, Illinois
• 1969 – Stonewall riots, June 28 – July 2, New York City, New York
• 1969 – 1969 York Race Riot, July 17–24, York, Pennsylvania
• 1969 – Days of Rage, October 8–11, Weathermen riot in Chicago, Illinois

1970s

• 1970 – University of Puerto Rico riot, March 4–11, at least one killed, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
• 1970 – Student strike of 1970, May 1970
• 1970 – Kent State riots/shootings, May 1970, four killed, Kent, Ohio
• 1970 – New Haven Green Disorders, Yale University, May 1970, New Haven, Connecticut
• 1970 – Augusta Riot, May 11–13, Augusta, Georgia
• 1970 – Hard Hat Riot, Wall Street, May 8, New York City
• 1970 – Jackson State killings, May 14–15, two killed, Jackson, Mississippi
• 1970 – 1970 Memorial Park riot, August 24–27, Royal Oak, Michigan
• 1970 – Sterling Hall bombing, Univ. of Wisc., August 24, one killed, Madison, Wisconsin
• 1970 – Chicano Moratorium riot, August 29, Los Angeles, California
• 1971 – Wilmington riot 1971, February 9, Wilmington, North Carolina
• 1971 – May Day protests 1971, May 3, Washington, D.C.
• 1971 – Camden riots, August 1971, Camden, New Jersey
• 1971 – Attica Prison uprising, September 9–13, at least 39 killed, Attica, New York
• 1973 – Wounded Knee incident, February 27 – May 8, Wounded Knee, South Dakota
• 1974 – SLA Shootout, L.A., May 17, Los Angeles, California
• 1974 – Baltimore police strike, July, Baltimore, Maryland
• 1974 – Boston busing race riots anti-busing riots throughout. Boston, Massachusetts
• 1975 – Pine Ridge shootout, June 26. Pine Ridge, South Dakota
• 1975 – Livernois–Fenkell riot, July 1975, Detroit, Michigan
• 1976 – Escambia High School riots, February 5, Pensacola, Florida
• 1976 – Anti-busing riot in downtown Boston, April 5, Boston, Massachusetts
• 1977 – New York City Blackout riot 1977, July 13–14, New York City, New York
• 1978 – Moody Park riot, May 5, 1978, Houston, Texas
• 1979 – White Night riots, May 1979, San Francisco, California
• 1979 – Greensboro massacre, November 3, Greensboro, North Carolina

1980s