Rodney riots Rodney riots The Rodney riots were riots and civil disturbances in Kingston, Jamaica in October 1968. The riots were sparked by the Jamaican government of Hugh Shearer banning Guyanese university lecturer Dr. Walter Rodney from returning to his teaching position at the University of the West Indies. Rodney, a historian of Africa had been active in the Black power movement, and had been sharply critical of the middle class in many Caribbean countries. Rodney was an avowed socialist who worked with the poor of Jamaica in an attempt to raise their political and cultural consciousness. When Rodney attended a black
Parsee-Muslim riots Parsee-Muslim riots The Parsee-Muslim riots occurred in 1857 in Bombay, and were reprised in 1874 in parts of Gujarat. These marked the beginning of a period of tension in the two communities. The first riot took place over the blurred depiction of the Prophet Mohammed and his appearance in a public print by a Parsee newspaper, "Chitra Gyan Darpan," in October 1851. A second riot took place on February 13, 1874, over an article on the life of the Prophet in a book entitled "Famous Prophets and Communities".. The first Parsee-Muslim riot began on October 17 and lasted for a