The Snow Riot

GOOD MORNING P.O.U.!   THE SNOW RIOT Washington, DC The Snow Riot was a riot and lynch mob in Washington, D.C. in August 1835.[1] An attack on free blacks in the city by whites, the Snow Riot wreaked havoc on anything affiliated with free blacks for days by robbing and destroying all of their establishments. The name of the riot comes from one of the first … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Race Riots in America