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The Long, Hot Summer of 1967: A Forgotten Season of Riots and Urban Unrest Across America
Ammo.com ^ | 8/18/2020 | Sam Jacobs

Posted on 08/18/2020 3:56:36 PM PDT by ammodotcom

The Book of Ecclesiastes says that there is nothing new under the sun. And while many have spoken of the “unprecedented” nature of the rioting in the early summer of 2020, it is actually quite precedented.

The Long, Hot Summer of 1967 was the peak of urban unrest and rioting in the United States in the lead up to the 1968 election. While there are certainly a number of key differences, there are also a number of striking parallels that make the topic worthy of discussion and examination.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: 1967; banglist; blogpimp; civilunrest; ghetto; longhotsummer; lsd; riots; summeroflove; tetoffensive; unrest; urbanunrest; vietnam
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In the summer of 1967 I was 11 years old and living in the town of Kearny, NJ when the city of Newark, just across the Passiac River went up in the flames of a riot.

I remember it to this day.

41 posted on 08/18/2020 11:43:26 PM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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In 1967, I was working at a major defense contractor’s facility which was located in the mid-cities between Dallas and Fort Worth.

Blacks had been rioting in Dallas and they were determined to do the same to FW. There was then a toll road between the two cities (now I-30) for a stretch of ~30 miles, with the last toll booth just East of downtown FW.

My boss had a radio in his office and we were all listening to a local reporter giving us live coverage. The blacks had formed a caravan of ~100 cars, each with 4-6 armed rioters, and had gotten onto the toll road.

Before they could get off at the last toll booth, Texas Rangers and DPS troopers had the road barricaded and were armed with their long guns. The rioters were forced to use a U-turn and were escorted all the way back to Dallas.

That saved a lot of bloodshed in Fort Worth.


42 posted on 08/19/2020 12:58:51 AM PDT by octex
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To: SamAdams76

My mother talked of it often. My dad was taking night classes trying to finish his degree and the college was near a neighborhood that was on fire. It’s when he started to carry, a practice he would continue for the rest of his life.

Had to be a terrifying time to be raising children.


43 posted on 08/19/2020 6:03:16 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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Every 50 years, or so....


44 posted on 08/19/2020 8:31:59 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: bboop

We may be heading toward the same outcome this year. The media isn’t pretending Biden has anywhere near as wide a lead as they assigned to Lil’ Hil’ in ‘16. I just wonder how much carnage is going to ensue after another Trump win. Imagine the frothing at the mouths if after all their preaching and posturing for four years Trump wins by an even bigger margin than before?


45 posted on 08/19/2020 5:49:28 PM PDT by ammodotcom
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