Harlem Riot of 1943

Quand

2 août 1943

Type

Émeute

Coordonnées

39.83° N, 98.58° W

Description

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

Placé sur le pays : la source n’indique pas de lieu plus précis.

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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