City Journal

Remembering the Hard Hat Riot

This story is the subject of a recent, fascinating episode of the PBS documentary series American Experience. Titled Hard Hat ...
KPBS

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Hard Hat Riot

Premieres Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / KPBS+. Revisit New York in 1970, when student protestors against the ...
WOUB Public Media

Student protestors and construction workers violently clash in NYC in “Hard Hat Riot” on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE – Sept. 30 at 9 pm

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “Hard Hat Riot” Tuesday, September 30 at 9:00 pm On May 8, 1970, “the Hard Hat Riot” erupted in lower Manhattan. At midday, construction workers, including those... Read More ...
Mountain Lake PBS

HARD HAT RIOT | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

HARD HAT RIOT tells the story of a struggling metropolis, a flailing president, a divided people, and a bloody juncture when the nation violently diverged ― culminating in a new political and cultural ...