Harlem Riots, 1964

July 30, 2025· 56 words · 1 min read

On 18 July 1964, riots broke out in Harlem, New York – the first of a series of summer racial riots in Brooklyn (on the 20th), Rochester, Paterson, Elizabeth, Newark, Philadelphia and suburban Chicago – after a police officer shot an unarmed 15-year-old Black youth, James Powell.

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