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For comparison, the average African-American population in Iowa cities is 2.5 percent. [4] In recent history, Davenport has been home to the third-largest, in absolute numbers and percentage, African-American community in Iowa, behind both Coralville (2,647 in 2019) and Waterloo (9,529 in 2000, 8,398 in 1980, 10,600 in 2019), and originally ...
Davenport. May 30: More than 500 people in LaClaire Park to protest. Rocks were thrown during part of the protest. May 31: Dozens of shots were fired all over the city. At midnight, a 22-year-old female protester was shot in the back and died. A police officer injured in a drive-by shooting was recovering and in "good spirits."
In Davenport, Iowa, two people were fatally shot on a night with significant rioting. [88] [89] One of the victims was 22-year-old Italia Marie Kelly, killed in an apparent random shooting as she was leaving a demonstration. [88]
On September 20, 1877, the Weekly Davenport Democrat published a section of the newspaper detailing the lynching of Richards. The Davenport Democrat was a weekly newspaper originating in Davenport, Iowa, created by a man named Alexander Montgomery in September 1848.
This is a list of protests and unrest in the United States related to the murder of George Floyd. The protests began in Minneapolis on May 26, 2020, the day after George Floyd, an African-American man, was murdered by Derek Chauvin during a police arrest. On June 6, an estimated half a million people joined protests in 550 places across the ...
History of Davenport, Iowa. Davenport, Iowa, was part of the Louisiana Purchase. In 1814, during the War of 1812 the British military, along with the Saux and Fox Indian tribes fought against the Americans near Davenport. In August, Major Zachary Taylor, later President, fought a battle east of what is now Credit Island Park, in Davenport. [ 1]
Davenport (US: / ˈ d æ v ən p ɔːr t / DA-vən-port) is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States.Located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state, it is the largest of the Quad Cities, a metropolitan area with a population of 384,324 and a combined statistical area population of 474,019, ranking as the 147th-largest MSA and 91st-largest CSA ...
The city of Davenport is the location of 254 of these properties and districts; they are listed in the three lists linked in the section below, while the remaining 32 properties and districts, including the National Historic Landmark, are listed separately. One district, the Vander Veer Park Historic District, is split between east and west ...