18 lugl 1964 anni - New York Race Riots

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The New York Race Riots of 1964 were the first in a series of devastating riots that tore through American cities between 1964 and 1965. The riots began in Harlem, New York following the shooting of fifteen-year-old James Powell by a white off-duty police officer on July 18, 1964. The white police officer was charged with police brutality causing an estimated 8 thousand Harlem residents took to the streets and launched a mass riot, breaking windows, setting fires and robbing and destroying local white businesses.

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