Rumors of police brutality against a Puerto Rican teenager spark unrest in Harlem, leaving several dead and exposing deep economic grievances.
At a Glance
- Date
- 19 March 1935
- Location
- New York, New York
- Category
- Civil Unrest & Racial Violence
- Source
- Mayor's Commission report (1936) · Library of Congress
What It Meant Then
It is often called the first modern race uprising in a Northern city.
What It Means Now
The 1935 events foreshadowed later urban rebellions against inequality and policing.
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