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Harlem riot of 1943 reports

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  1. Harlem riot of 1943 reports, 1943.

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  1. Lewis, Hylan.
  2. Heyman, Herbert.
Description
  1. 9 items (one folder)
Summary
  1. The Harlem Riot of 1943 Reports include draft and final copies of typed reports prepared by Hylan Lewis and Herbert Heyman for the Office of War Information regarding the 1943 Harlem Riot, and a separate report entitled: "Negro Civilian Attitudes and the Morale of Negro Troops."
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  1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  1. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > History
  2. United States > Armed Forces > African Americans
  3. African Americans > New York (State) > New York > History
  4. Race discrimination > New York (State) > New York
  5. Riots > New York (State) > New York
  6. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Race relations
Call number
  1. Sc MG 193
Source (note)
  1. Lewis, Hylan
Biography (note)
  1. The Harlem Riots of 1943, which took place on August 1-2, began with a white policeman's attempt to arrest a black woman for disorderly conduct, and his shooting of an interceding black soldier. The Riot resulted in six deaths, over a thousand arrested and injured, and property damages estimated at five millions dollars.
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Title
  1. Harlem riot of 1943 reports, 1943.
Biography
  1. The Harlem Riots of 1943, which took place on August 1-2, began with a white policeman's attempt to arrest a black woman for disorderly conduct, and his shooting of an interceding black soldier. The Riot resulted in six deaths, over a thousand arrested and injured, and property damages estimated at five millions dollars. Racial discrimination in the armed forces and police brutality against blacks were the underlying causes of the disturbances. Blacks were also frustrated by the lack of equal opportunity to economic advantages brought about by the war effort. The looting and destruction which occurred during the two day riot was an expression of racial conflict and antagonism to discriminatory practices and policies attributed to whites in general.
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  1. Lewis, Hylan.
  2. Heyman, Herbert.
Research call number
  1. Sc MG 193
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