What the records say
- When
- 30 Aug 1966
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 42.12° N, 86.45° W
- Description
- two major riots in Benton Harbor, Michigan
Placed at the town its description names, Benton Harbor.
Benton Harbor, Michigan
City in Michigan, United States
Benton Harbor is a city in Berrien County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located 46 miles southwest of Kalamazoo and 71 miles southwest of Grand Rapids, it had a population of 9,103 according to the 2020 census. It is the smaller of the two principal cities in the Niles–Benton Harbor Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 156,813.
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