1968 Miami riot
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A group of black organizations in Miami called for “a mass rally of concerned Black people,” to take place on August 7, 1968, at the Vote Power building in Liberty City, a black neighborhood. Sponsors were the , the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and numerous smaller organizations. The protest was not provoked by a specific incident, but was intended “to show their frustration with the nation’s unfair political, social, and economic systems.” Another scholar described the root causes as “discrimination, proscription, and segregation.” A more extensive statement from the same scholar says the “major grievances... included deplorable housing conditions, economic exploitation, bleak
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1968 Miami riot
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* Deplorable housing conditions
* Racial discrimination
* Poor economic conditions
* Poor police-community relations
* Economic competition with Cuban refugees
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--08-07
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Governor of Florida
* Claude Kirk
Mayor of Miami-Dade County
* Chuck Hall
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SCLC member
* Ralph Abernathy
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the Civil Rights Movement
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* Nothing, except publicity
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* Vote Power League
* Southern Christian Leadership Conference
* Congress of Racial Equality
* Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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* Florida Army National Guard
* Florida Highway Patrol
* Miami Police Department
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1968
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A group of black organizations in Miami called for “a mass rally of concerned Black people,” to take place on August 7, 1968, at the Vote Power building in Liberty City, a black neighborhood. Sponsors were the , the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and numerous smaller organizations. The protest was not provoked by a specific incident, but was intended “to show their frustration with the nation’s unfair political, social, and economic systems.” Another scholar described the root causes as “discrimination, proscription, and segregation.” A more extensive statement from the same scholar says the “major grievances... included deplorable housing conditions, economic exploitation, bleak employment prospects, racial discrimination, poor police-community relations, and economic competition with Cuban refugees.” The date was chosen to coincide (because of the publicity opportunity) with the Republican National Convention being held in Miami Beach.
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