On May 8, 1970, “the Hard Hat Riot” erupted in lower Manhattan. At midday, construction workers, including those building the World Trade Center, violently clashed with students demonstrating against ...
Los Angeles protesters torched and spat on an American flag while chanting “Burn it down” and calling for the destruction of America in just the latest shocking scene out of the city’s ongoing riots, ...
Everything we have seen over the past few days in Los Angeles was avoidable. The chaos, the crime, rocks thrown at police officers, cars set on fire, freeways blocked, small businesses looted, vile ...
It’s all falling apart. For years now, Americans have watched in disbelief as some of our nation’s largest cities have been engulfed in waves of unrest — cities like Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis and ...
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The truth about who’s funding America’s riots

This video dives into the reality of protests and riots across America and explores how some demonstrators may be paid to create chaos. From organized agitators to disrupted streets, we take a look at ...
The soldiers had been ordered onto the streets of Washington by the president. In the years beforehand, anti-immigrant rhetoric had boiled over into violence in cities across America. Now it had ...
In December 1969, the United States Selective Service conducted its first draft lottery since World In December 1969, the United States Selective Service conducted its first draft lottery since World ...
*Attorney Antonio Moore discusses the Charlottesville, Virginia clashes between protestors. Moore uses the lens of American history, and slavery to provide a view into why the clashes occurred, and ...
Sly And The Family Stone performs at White City Stadium, London in 1973. Correspondent Fifty-five summers ago, a riot broke out in Chicago’s Grant Park, where Sly and the Family Stone was booked to ...
Watch a preview of Hard Hat Riot. Watch a preview of Hard Hat Riot. Corporate sponsorship for American Experience is provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance and Carlisle Companies. Major funding by the ...
The riots that kicked off in Los Angeles last weekend aren't just about illegal immigration -- they're part of a revolutionary movement. "Anti-colonialism" is a term often heard in America's college ...
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: On May 8, 1970, “the Hard Hat Riot” erupted in lower Manhattan. At midday, construction workers, including those building the World Trade Center, violently clashed with students ...