On February 21 at 6:30 p.m., the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture presents a panel
discussion about the Harlem Riot of 1964 in the aftermath of the police
shooting of ninth grader James Powell and the "law-and-order" policies
championed by presidential contenders on the campaign trail of '64.
The
Harlem Riot solicited a variety of responses from community stakeholders
and precipitated a summer of urban unrest around the country.
Joining
the conversation are Michael Flamm, Professor of History and author In
the Heat of the Summer: The New York Riots of 1964 and the War on Crime;
Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele, Senior Community Organizer for NAACP Legal
Defense Fund. A book signing will follow.
Click here to register.
Source: The New York Public Library
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