What the records say
- When
- 1 Jul 1964
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 40.81° N, 73.95° W
- Description
- 1964 riot in Harlem, New York, in response to a police shooting
Placed at the town its description names, Harlem.
Harlem riot of 1964
1964 American riot
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-year-old African American, was shot and killed by police Lieutenant Thomas Gilligan in front of Powell's friends and about a dozen other witnesses. Hundreds of students from Powell's school protested the killing.
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