Harlem Riot of 1943

When

2 Aug 1943

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

39.83° N, 98.58° W

Description

disturbances that began after a NYPD policeman shot and wounded a black U.S. Army soldier

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

1943 period of racial violence and protests in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem

A riot took place in Harlem, New York City, on August 1 and 2 of 1943, after a white police officer, James Collins, shot and wounded Robert Bandy, an African American soldier, and rumors circulated that the soldier had died. The riot was chiefly directed by black residents against white-owned property in Harlem.

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