Today in Labor History June 12, 1967: “Race riots” broke out in Cincinnati, with one death and scores injured after National Guardsmen began patrolling the city with machine guns. That same day, riots also broke out in Tampa, after white cops killed a black man. There were 159 race riots during the so-called Summer of Love, with over 85 deaths. 26 of the deaths occurred in Newark. In every case, the riots were precipitated by violence against black residents, after years of racial profiling by police, red-lining by banks, and political disempowerment.