Rutgers: Inside the Harlem Uprising of 1964
February 25, 2022
February 25, 2022
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 25 (TNSRes) -- Rutgers University issued the following news on Feb. 24, 2022:
James Powell and his classmates were waiting for summer school to begin on July 16, 1964 when a white building superintendent, reportedly tired of the Black teens gathering near his stoop, turned a hose on them. Several students chased the super to his apartment, and Powell banged on the door.
The commotion on New York's East 76th Street caught the attentio . . .
James Powell and his classmates were waiting for summer school to begin on July 16, 1964 when a white building superintendent, reportedly tired of the Black teens gathering near his stoop, turned a hose on them. Several students chased the super to his apartment, and Powell banged on the door.
The commotion on New York's East 76th Street caught the attentio . . .