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In 1970, race riots in Asbury Park motivated the family to move to the mostly White suburb Wayside in Ocean Township, New Jersey.
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Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
After the six-plus months of race riots inspired by Black Lives Matter in 2020, the windows don’t evoke peaceful protest or reconciliation, either.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 11 Jan. 2024
The future Supreme Court justice was nearly lynched outside Columbia in 1946 after defending two Black men charged in a race riot.
—Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
In the video, Aldean performs in front of the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee — the site of the 1946 Columbia race riot and the 1927 mob lynching of Henry Choate, an 18-year-old Black teenager.
—Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2023
The video featured footage of protests (including some from, as Rolling Stone reported, Canada) and Aldean performing in front of a courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, which was not only the site of a 1927 lynching but also a race riot in 1946.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2023
Brixton has historically had a large Afro-Caribbean population, after a rush of immigration in the 1940s and 1950s, and saw race riots over anti-Black policing in the 1980s and 1990s before becoming more gentrified in recent years.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
The music video also attracted controversy and was pulled from Country Music Television because of its setting at the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, which was the site of race riots in 1946 and a lynching in 1927.
—Conor Murray, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
At the time, Pearson was also running for the Mayor of Tulsa, the city with the worst race riot in 1922 known as the Black Wall Street massacre.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2023
Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
After the six-plus months of race riots inspired by Black Lives Matter in 2020, the windows don’t evoke peaceful protest or reconciliation, either.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 11 Jan. 2024
The future Supreme Court justice was nearly lynched outside Columbia in 1946 after defending two Black men charged in a race riot.
—Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
In the video, Aldean performs in front of the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee — the site of the 1946 Columbia race riot and the 1927 mob lynching of Henry Choate, an 18-year-old Black teenager.
—Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2023
The video featured footage of protests (including some from, as Rolling Stone reported, Canada) and Aldean performing in front of a courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, which was not only the site of a 1927 lynching but also a race riot in 1946.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2023
Brixton has historically had a large Afro-Caribbean population, after a rush of immigration in the 1940s and 1950s, and saw race riots over anti-Black policing in the 1980s and 1990s before becoming more gentrified in recent years.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
The music video also attracted controversy and was pulled from Country Music Television because of its setting at the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, which was the site of race riots in 1946 and a lynching in 1927.
—Conor Murray, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
At the time, Pearson was also running for the Mayor of Tulsa, the city with the worst race riot in 1922 known as the Black Wall Street massacre.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2023
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“Race riot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/race%20riot. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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