riots

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People suffered and worked endlessly, but after the riots, they realized that the lives they had been living in America were not truly immigrant lives in the full sense.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

"Since it has become impossible to celebrate a match without descending into riots, the only common sense response is a new doctrine: 'zero gatherings'," it demanded.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

In 2012, he founded the charity Movement to Work in response to the previous year's riots, helping more than 200,000 disadvantaged young people into work.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Ms. Dohrn would later have a hand in planning the student riots in Chicago in 1968.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

In the 1964 “long, hot summer” riots in major cities across the United States, the socially disinherited black ghetto youth were always at the forefront.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey