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LIFE 1964: “New York’s Negro Ghetto Erupts”

50 years back, on July 16 fifteen year old James Powell was shot and killed by Lieutenant Thomas Gilligan. It happened on a hot thursday.

Life magazine reports on page 14: “The Harlem Riots: New York’s Negro Ghetto Erupts”.

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