white mobs

On June 3, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots began in Los Angeles after an altercation between U.S. Navy sailors and Mexican Americans led to white mobs attacking Mexican Americans, injuring over 150 people. Other historical events on this date include the death of the great auk in 1844 and the publication of 'Casey at the Bat' in 1888.

On May 31, 1921, the Tulsa Race Massacre began in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as white mobs looted and burned the Black district of Greenwood following reports of a Black man assaulting a white woman in an elevator. The violence resulted in as many as 300 Black Tulsans being killed.