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List of notable incidents of civil unrest in Philadelphia
The following is a partial list of riots and protests involving violent disorder that have occurred in Philadelphia:
- 1704 Riot of Young Gentry in Philadelphia
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- 1715 riot by supporters of Reverend Francis Phillips, who had been arrested for stating he had slept with three prominent local women
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- 1726 riot against pillory and stocks
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- 1738 riot against restrictions on fish weirs and racks on the Schuykill River
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Philadelphia Election riot, a conflict in 1742 over the political balance between Quakers and Anglicans
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1834 Philadelphia race riot, where a white mob attacked African Americans in Moyamensing
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Pennsylvania Hall riot, an 1838 riot where a venue was attacked by anti-abolitionists
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Lombard Street riot, an 1842 riot where black freemen were attacked by an Irish Catholic mob
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Philadelphia nativist riots, in May and June 1844, against Irish Catholic immigrants
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Race riots in Philadelphia during the 1919 Red Summer, a series of riots against Southern black migration to the city
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1964 Philadelphia race riot, one of the first in the civil rights era, triggered by police brutality
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George Floyd protests in Philadelphia in 2020
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Walter Wallace riots, a police killing that led to riots in 2020
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