--- title: "2 Riots Quotes By James T. Patterson" description: "2 Riots quotes by James T. Patterson. Plus more from James T. Patterson and more Riots sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/james-t-patterson-3417_riots_all-these-confrontations-paled-before-th_611433.jpg" --- > [“ALL THESE CONFRONTATIONS PALED before the outbreak of urban riots in 1966 and 1967. There were thirty-eight riots in 1966, the most serious in Chicago, Cleveland, and San Francisco.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/all-these-confrontations-paled-before-the-outbreak-of-urban-riots-in/) [James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/james-t-patterson-3417_riots_all-these-confrontations-paled-before-th_611433.jpg) > [“Most of the blacks who took part in the riots of 1966 and 1967 apparently did not expect much in the way of tangible results. Fired up by conflicts with the police, they started disturbances that exploded suddenly, raged out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/most-of-the-blacks-who-took-part-in-the-riots-of-1966-and-1967/) [James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a15/james-t-patterson-3417_quote_most-of-the-blacks-who-took-part-in-the_1705485.jpg) ## More by James T. Patterson > [“Starting in 1964, average scores on Scholastic Aptitude Tests went steadily down, and per student spending went steadily up.33”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/starting-in-1964-average-scores-on-scholastic-aptitude-tests-went/) [James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/) > [“The 1950s witnessed especially rapid expansion of electronic and electrical firms, of tobacco, soft drink, and food-processing companies, and of the chemical, plastics, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/the-1950s-witnessed-especially-rapid-expansion-of-electronic-and/) [James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/) > [“Thanks in part to the rapid mechanization of cotton production in the early 1940s, which ultimately threw millions of farm laborers out of work,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/thanks-in-part-to-the-rapid-mechanization-of-cotton-production-in-the/) [James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/) > [“Polls indicated that while women were growing increasingly sensitive about gender discrimination, only a small minority liked to be called "feminists." The majority of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/polls-indicated-that-while-women-were-growing-increasingly-sensitive/) [James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/) > [“Though the ending is schmaltzy, there was bite enough in the film to distinguish it from a Norman Rockwell vision of the nation. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/though-the-ending-is-schmaltzy-there-was-bite-enough-in-the-film-to/) [James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/) > [“Along with the booming economy, which after 1962 seemed capable of almost anything, the magnified mystique of the presidency stimulated ever-greater expectations among liberals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/along-with-the-booming-economy-which-after-1962-seemed-capable-of/) [James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/) > [“A rock concert at a farm in Bethel, New York, in 1969 attracted some 400,000 people who wallowed happily about in the rain, some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/a-rock-concert-at-a-farm-in-bethel-new-york-in-1969-attracted-some/) [James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/) > [“Jack, however, was persuaded by an aide to telephone King's wife, Coretta, to express his sympathy. At the same time, Bobby (unbeknownst to Jack)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/jack-however-was-persuaded-by-an-aide-to-telephone-king-s-wife/) [James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/) > [“By 1955 thirteen states had passed laws regulating the publication, distribution, and sale of comic books. Leading intellectuals, including C. Wright Mills, praised Wertham's efforts.70”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/by-1955-thirteen-states-had-passed-laws-regulating-the-publication/) [James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/) > [“The three decades following the Second World War were prolific breeders of myth. The two great military victories on opposite sides of the globe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/the-three-decades-following-the-second-world-war-were-prolific/) [James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/) > [“But the Great Society did not do nearly as much to improve the economic standing of people as did the extraordinary growth of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/but-the-great-society-did-not-do-nearly-as-much-to-improve-the/) [James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/) > [“Still, it is a stretch to regard the beats as initiating a major cultural trend in the late 1950s, let alone to see them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/still-it-is-a-stretch-to-regard-the-beats-as-initiating-a-major/) [James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/) > [“Truman knew that government employees deserved fair procedures and asserted that his loyalty program would provide them. But he nonetheless expanded an already flawed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/truman-knew-that-government-employees-deserved-fair-procedures-and/) [James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/) > [“THESE MANIFESTATIONS OF BACKLASH—against family breakup, illegitimacy, welfare, crime, riots, black activists, anti-war demonstrators, long-haired hippies, government programs that favored minorities, elitists, liberals generally—exposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/these-manifestations-of-backlash-against-family-breakup-illegitimacy/) [James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/) > [“It then became obvious that ethnic differences (like class distinctions) refused to boil away. Even fairly well established groups, such as Irish-Americans, often nursed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/it-then-became-obvious-that-ethnic-differences-like-class/) [James T. 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