The Harlem riot of 1935 took place on March 19, 1935, in New York City, New York, in the United States. It has been described as the first "modern" race riot in Harlem, because it was committed primar
The Harlem riot of 1964 was a race riot that occurred between July 16 and 22, 1964 in the New York City neighborhoods of Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant, United States. It began after James Powell, a 15
Harlem riot of 1935
…Harlem riot of 1943 – disturbance during World War II after a policeman shot and wounded a black U.S. Army soldier. Harlem riot of 1964 – six days of civil disorder that occurred after an African-American teenager was shot and killed by an NYPD lieutenant. List of incidents of civil…
Demonstrators carrying photographs of Lieutenant Thomas Gilligan
Confrontation between African Americans and police at Fulton Street and Nostrand Avenue on July 21, in Brooklyn.
An incident at 133rd Street and Seventh Avenue during the Harlem riot of 1964