Hough Riots in Cleveland

Date: July 18, 1966 • Location: Hough, United States

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1966.

Angered by racism and poverty, African American residents of the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland began to riot for six days.

Racism has been reflected in discriminatory laws, practices, and actions against racial or ethnic groups throughout the history of the United States. Since the early colonial era, White Americans have generally enjoyed legally or socially-sanctioned privileges and rights that have been denied to members of various ethnic or minority groups. European Americans have enjoyed advantages in matters of citizenship, criminal procedure, education, immigration, land acquisition, and voting rights.