In 1967, violent, race-driven riots broke out in a score of American cities, with the ones in Newark and Detroit by far the worst. We're still feeling their effects today. One consequence of the riots was the acceleration of the decline of the inner cities and white flight to the suburbs.
Partial list:
June 2-7: Boston (Roxbury) riots
June 12: Cincinnati riots
June 26 - July 1: Buffalo riots
July 10: Waterloo, Iowa riots
July 12-17: Newark riots
July 12-14: Hartford riots
July 12-13: Erie, PA riots
July 23-28: Detroit riots
History in the context of the debates over public housing: The Buell Hypothesis
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