Chapeltown riot (1975)

Chapeltown riot (1975)

The Chapeltown riot of 1975 occurred in the troubled Leeds district of Chapeltown. They were not to be the last riots in the area following further rioting in 1981 and 1987 and further rioting in near by Harehills in 2001. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010607/ai_n14390492]

ee also

*Chapeltown
*Chapeltown riot (1981)
*Chapeltown riot (1987)
*Harehills riot
*West Yorkshire Police
*List of race riots

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