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Mob Attack on Calle de los Negros
- When
- October 24, 1871
- Where
- Calle de los Negros
Approximately 500 white and Latino Americans attacked Chinese residents in Los Angeles' old Chinatown, resulting in nineteen deaths.
The mob attacked, harassed, robbed, and murdered ethnic Chinese residents on Calle de los Negros. Rioters climbed to rooftops, used pickaxes to puncture roofs, and shot at people inside. The mob ransacked practically every Chinese-occupied building on the block and attacked or robbed nearly every resident.
Sources
- Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
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