INFO 521: Ipl2 Internet Public Library Reference Question

INFO 521: ipl2 Internet Public Library Reference Question

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Thank you for your question about the urban rioting in cities from 1965 -1968! The decade of the 60s was a tumultuous time indeed from the war in Vietnam to the struggle for human civil rights. Below is a list of several websites with information about the riots that will hopefully answer your question.

1.) “Violence in the City – an end or the beginning?” http://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/cityinstress/mccone/

The link above contains the full text of the McCone Report commissioned by California Governor Edmund G. Brown after the Watts riots in Los Angeles 1965. The document comes from (USC) the University of Southern California’s digital archives collection and includes a letter to the Governor from the Commission, an overview of the riots, a detailed description of the events that took place, a map of the curfew area, and an appendix.

I found this site by conducting a keyword search using the phrase “Los Angeles watts riots in 1965” on iPL2’s homepage. It is the first link listed at the top of the page.

2.) “American Experience: “Riots in Detroit July 1967” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/13_detroit.html

I chose this site because of this PBS’s series’ excellent coverage of American History. The link above explores the Detroit riots in 1967 where 36 people were killed and were property damages exceeded a ½ billion dollars. Part of a series called “Eyes on the Prize: the Civil Rights Movement 1954 -1985”; the presentation begins with an introduction to the riots, includes editorial commentary, music, and video coverage.

I found the link to American Experience on iPl2’s “Arts and Humanities” page under “History” resources halfway down the page. I performed a key word search on the site’s homepage below using the phrase “watts riots”. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/about/search/search_results.html?q_sub mit.x=0&q_submit.y=0&q=watts%20riots

3.) Urban Riots (Overview) http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Urban_Riots.aspx

Though the article above from “encyclopedia.com” is about urban riots in general, I’ve included it here because of its coverage of urban rioting in the United States. Discussed is the long history of rioting, with a text book definition of what race rioting was during the decade. Examples of the most extreme cases are documented here to include Los Angeles 1965, Detroit 1967, and Newark, also in 1967. An excellent bibliography is listed at the articles conclusion, beginning with Gregg Lee Carter’s “1960s Black Riots Revisited: City Level Explanations of their Severity” from 1986.

I found the link to encyclopedia.com by searching through iPl2’s “Reference” section under “Encyclopedias”. 26 sources are listed there; Encyclopedia.com is the 12th link down from the top of the page.

4.) Newark Riot Deaths at 21 – July 16, 1967 http://partners.nytimes.com/library/national/race/071667race-ra.html

The first link above is part of a series from the New York Times on the web called “How Race was lived in America”. The article describes the events that took place on that day. The rioting began (see links 2 & 3) after false rumors spread that local police fatally beat a cab driver to death when arrested after a traffic violation. Nineteen of twenty one deaths were a result of crossfire after the governor of New Jersey brought in the state police and National Guard to put down the riots in what he called a state of “criminal insurrection”. http://blog.nj.com/ledgernewark/2007/07/crossroads_pt_2.html

The second link above is an article titled “Five days that changed a City”, it describes the events in detail as remembered by witnesses and others 40yrs later. http://blog.nj.com/ledgernewark/2007/07/newark_1967_riots.html

The third link above “Crossroads: the 1967 Newark Riots” is a comprehensive two part video of the riots as well; described by the Newark mayor’s chief of staff, Donald Malafronte, Professor and Historian Clement Price of Rutgers University, and Civil Rights Activist, Junius Williams. I found both websites by typing in the phrase “Newark riots 1967” in “goduckgo.com” a search engine similar to Google. The site is listed in iPL2’s Reference section under “Search Engines”. “GoDuckGo.com” is listed at the top of the page.

I hope the website links above provides an answer to your question. If you need any more help, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Thanks again for using the iPL2!

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4: Re: HIS: Info about urban riots from 1965- 1968 (outgoing) (sent to patron) Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:23:09 by Janie Larson (XXXX)

Hi, greetings from the iPL2!

1.)“Violence in the City – an end or the beginning?” http://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/cityinstress/mccone/

The link above contains the full text of the McCone Report commissioned by California Governor Edmund G. Brown after the Watts riots in Los Angeles 1965. The document comes from (USC)the University of Southern California's digital archives collection and includes a letter to the Governor from the Commission, an overview of the riots, a detailed description of the events that took place, a map of the curfew area, and an appendix.

I found this site by conducting a keyword search using the phrase “Los Angeles watts riots in 1965” on iPL2’s homepage. It is the first link listed at the top of the page.

2.)“American Experience: “Riots in Detroit July 1967” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/13_detroit.html

I chose this site because of this PBS’s series’ excellent coverage of American History. The link above explores the Detroit riots in 1967 where 36 people were killed and were property damages exceeded a 1/2 billion dollars. Part of a series called “Eyes on the Prize: the Civil Rights Movement 1954 -1985”; the presentation begins with an introduction to the riots, includes editorial commentary, music, and video coverage.

This link is quite long and could break, so here is a shortened version for your convenience. http://tinyurl.com/4xmudsu

3.)Urban Riots (Overview) http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Urban_Riots.aspx

Though the article above from “encyclopedia.com” is about urban riots in general, I’ve included here because of its coverage of urban rioting in the United States. Discussed is the long history of rioting, with a text book definition of what race rioting was during the decade. Examples of the most extreme cases are documented here to include Los Angeles 1965, Detroit 1967, and Newark, also in 1967. An excellent bibliography is listed at the articles conclusion, beginning with Gregg Lee Carter’s “1960s Black Riots Revisited: City Level Explanations of their Severity” from 1986.

4.)Newark Riot Deaths at 21 – July 16, 1967 http://partners.nytimes.com/library/national/race/071667race-ra.html

This link is quite long and could break, so here is a shortened version for your convenience. http://tinyurl.com/65sxlqz

I found both websites by typing in the phrase “Newark riots 1967” in “goduckgo.com” a search engine similar to Google. The site is listed in iPL2’s Reference section under “Search Engines”. “GoDuckGo.com” is listed at the top of the page.

I hope the websites links above provides an answer to your question. If you need any more help, don’t hesitate to contact us again.

Thanks again for using the iPL2!

> > > Question: > Info about urban riots from 1965- 1968 > > location: ohio > area: History > reason: report > school: Yes > >

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