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When the Smithsonian opened a controversial new museum in a primarily black part of Washington DC many people said it would be vandalized and destroyed. During the 1968 riots it was one of the few buildings left untouched
Source: Museums and Social Activism: Engaged Protest by Kylie Message, Image: wikipedia
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In 1826, cadets at West Point held a Christmas party that turned into a beer induced riot ending with 20 courtmartials. It has since been labeled the Eggnog Riot.
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
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Tulsa, Oklahoma used to have something called "Black Wall Street". It was the most prosperous minority neighborhood in the US and in 1921 it was burned down when a black man accidentally stepped on the foot of a white woman.
Source: sfbayview.com, Image: wikipedia
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During the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles in 1992, Korean shop owners banned together and stood on the roofs of their buildings with assault rifles to protect Koreatown.
Source: bearingarms.com, Image: wikipedia
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A police officer defused a riot in Northern Ireland in 2010 by playing ice cream van music.
Source: guardian.co.uk, Image: wikipedia
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