Division Street Riots

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Division Street Riots

The Division Street Riots were episodes of riot

Riot

A riot is a form of civil disorder characterized by disorganized groups lashing out in a sudden and intense rash of violence, vandalism or other crime....
ing and civil unrest in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America which occurred between June 12 and June 14, 1966.

as during the first downtown

Downtown

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Puerto Rican Parade

Parade

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on June 12, 1966, that the first Puerto Rican riot/rebellion in the U.S. began on Division Street, Chicago

Division Street (Chicago)

Division Street is a major east-west street in Chicago, Illinois, located at 1200 North . Division Street begins in the Gold Coast, Chicago neighborhood near Lake Shore Drive, passes through Polonia Triangle at Milwaukee Avenue into West Town, Chicago#Wicker Park and continues to Chicago's city limits and into the city's western suburbs....
. The riot, one of many urban disturbances across the nation in the 1960s, was a response to the shooting of a young Puerto Rican man by Chicago Police.

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The Division Street Riots were episodes of riot

Riot

History and cause

It was during the first downtown

Downtown

Parade

Division Street (Chicago)

Community

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leaders rallied in the park to devise strategies to calm the crowds

Crowds

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.

The underlying

Underlying

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cause of the riots was the deteriorating economic conditions facing Puerto Ricans and incoming African Americans embodied many aspects of the national urban crisis

Crisis

A crisis may occur on a personal or societal level. It may be a Psychological trauma or Stress change in a person's life, or an unstable and dangerous social situation, in political, social, economic, military affairs, or a large-scale environmental event, especially one involving an impending abrupt change....
while ethnic conflict

Conflict

Conflict is a part of discord caused by the actual or perceived opposition of needs, Value s and interests. A conflict can be internal or external ....
s, especially those between young Puerto Ricans and Polish Americans, prevailed during the transition period.

Aftermath

The Division Street riot was a key moment in the history of Puerto Ricans in Chicago. It drew attention to poverty

Poverty

Poverty is the shortage of common things such as food, clothing, shelter and safe drinking water, all of which determine our quality of life. It may also include the lack of access to opportunities such as education and employment which aid the escape from poverty and/or allow one to enjoy the respect of fellow citizens....
and to strained relations between Puerto Ricans and Chicago's police department

Police

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.

A month after the riot, the Chicago Commission

Commission

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on Human Relations held open hearings which provided a forum for Puerto Rican and other Spanish-speaking residents of Chicago to discuss problems facing these communities such as displacement

Displacement

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and discrimination

Discrimination

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in housing, foul practices by the police and fire departments

Fire station

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, and poor educational opportunities. As a result of these meetings, specific policy recommendations were proposed and implemented in the Puerto Rican community.

The riots, directly and indirectly, inspired the creation of many Puerto Rican community organization

Community organization

Community organizations are civil society non-profit organization that operate within a single local community. They are essentially a subset of the wider group of nonprofits....
s such as the Spanish Action Committee of Chicago (SACC), the Latin American Defense Organization (LADO), the Bickerdike Revedelopment Corporation, and, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, ASPIRA Association,the Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, the Escuela Superior Puertorriqueña (which is now named Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School), the Juan Antonio Corretjer Puerto Rican Cultural Center, and the Young Lords

Young Lords

The Young Lords, later Young Lords Organization and in New York , Young Lords Party, was a Puerto Rico nationalism group in several United States cities, notably New York City and Chicago....
. These organization

Organization

An organization is a social arrangement which pursues collective goals, which controls its own performance, and which has a boundary separating it from its environment....
s which emerged from the riots also ensured that community concerns such as education

Education

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, housing

Housing

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, health

Health

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, and employment

Employment

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would be actively addressed and that Puerto Ricans would maintain a presence in city politics.