1975 Chapeltown riot explained

See also: Chapeltown riots (disambiguation) and List of riots in Leeds.

The Chapeltown riot occurred on 5 November 1975^[1] in the troubled Leeds district of Chapeltown in West Yorkshire, England. They were not to be the last riots in the area with further rioting in 1981 and 1987 and rioting in nearby Harehills in 2001.^[2]

See also

• Chapeltown
• 1981 Chapeltown riot
• 1987 Chapeltown riot
• Harehills riot
• West Yorkshire Police
• List of race riots

Notes and References

1. Farrar . Max . 30 April 2012 . Rioting or Protesting? Losing It or Finding It? . Parallax . 18 . 2 . 72–91 . 10.1080/13534645.2012.672246 . 153706637 . 21 December 2020.
2. Web site: North. Ian Herbert. 7 June 2001. Leeds riot sparked by arrest of Asian over tax disc. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080506022120/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010607/ai_n14390492. 2008-05-06. findarticles.com. The Independent.