If I remember correctly, there were earlier uprisings against racist policing in 1940s and maybe before (@TomSugrue would know).
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So-called race riots in the earlier period involve significant element of white vigilantes attacking blacks, though Chicago 1919 maybe the first major urban riot significantly motivated by African Americans seeking justice/revenge.
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This is correct. The early "race riots" were pogroms against African-Americans, and date back at least to the "draft riots" in NYC during the Civil War, which targeted black New Yorkers. 1/
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