Video: 'Riots in Newark New Jersey 1967'

(Wednesday, July 12, 1967, 9:30 p.m. EDT) — Rioting erupted tonight in Newark, New Jersey, over the police beating of African-American taxicab driver John Smith at the corner of 15th Avenue and South Ninth Street.

26 people were killed in the five days of violence that followed.

Video: 'Race riots in Newark, New Jersey. HD Stock Footage'

Video: '1967 NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT : "SUMMER OF 67"(Aftermath Of Detroit Race Riots Of 1967)' (aired Sept.
15, 1967)