Chapeltown riot (1981)

Chapeltown riot (1981)

The Chapeltown Riots of 1981 took place in the troubled Leeds, district of Chapeltown, during a time when many other areas of the UK were suffering similar problems (such as London, Birmingham and Liverpool. These weren't to be the last racially motivated rioting in the area. In 1987 there was further rioting in Chapeltown and in 2001 there was widespread rioting in nearby Harehills. [http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/U/untold/programs/riot/timeline.html]

ee Also

*Chapeltown
*Harehills
*Chapeltown riot (1975)
*Chapeltown riot (1987)
*Harehills riot
*List of race riots

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