Essay on analytic narrative of the 1964 Harlem Riot
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Added on 2021-12-17
Essay on analytic narrative of the 1964 Harlem Riot
Added on 2021-12-17
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Running head: The Harlem Riot of 19640 The Harlem Riot of 1964 STUDENTS NAME:
The Harlem Riot of 19641 Introduction This is an analytic narrative of the 1964 Harlem Riot. This essay will aim to provide a detailed summery of the entire scenario. Racism was very significant in the 1960s America and this essay will showcase that in a detailed manner. Racism and ill treatment of the minority communities mostly blacks by the common whites as well as government officials led to severe riots at that time. Slavery of black people by the whites is a major fact and practice in the history of America but post World War 2 after the passing of the Civil rights Association the blacks got educated about the fact that all practices directly and/or indirectly associated with inequality of any sort is a criminal offence and its practice might lead to major consequences. This education made them raise their voices against any sort of inequality practiced against the blacks or minorities that lead to this major riot. Police brutality was very significant and was witnessed in an alarming following these riots. Police brutality associated with the Harlem riot as a result of protesting against the misuse of powers by the NYPD officials will be focused on majorly in this particular paper. Many people fought for a long time for establishment of Civilian Review board for the examination of police activities to ensure that brutality is minimised and they the officials do not conduct any activity to misuse their powers. All about this fight will also be portrayed here.
The Harlem Riot of 19642 The Harlem Riot of 1964 In the year 1964 on the morning of July 16tha group of African- American summer school students had gathered on East Seventy- Sixth Street, across from Robert F. Wagner Jr. High School. Lieutenant Thomas Gilligan from his apartment building made racist comments and kept spraying children with water hose after which the school students started to throw soda bottles and garbage can lids on him. As soon as he came to the children a teenager named James Powell pursued him as a counter to which Gilligan shot him with a gun. The exact incident is still unclear some people who were mostly white adults admitted that Powell had a knife with him but black tanagers refused to this fact which makes the incident more unclear. CORE(CongressofRacialEquality)andNAACP(NationalAssociationforthe Advancement of Colored People)called for an investigation and called for protests post the event.The crowd demanded suspension and arrest of Gilligan. The violent behaviour of the police was highly displayed in this event. The rioters started fires conducted loots and fought violently with the police. The havoc resultedin465arrests,onedeathandover100injuries.NYPD(NewYorkCity PoliceDepartment)avoided using fire hoses, tear gas and other tactics but CORE and NAACP was upset with the fact that warning shots and aggressiveness was used up to an extreme level by the police which signified extreme police brutality in this particular riot. Following the tremendous havoc CORE leader James Farmer called July 18 “New York’s night of Birmingham horror”.
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