The 1964 Harlem Riot was one of a number of race-based uprisings/ protests that took place in multiple cities across the United States during the 1960s. As elsewhere Harlem blacks reacted to racial discrimination, segregation, police brutality, and social injustices that dominated their lives. They resorted to violence to express their disgust with the system. Continue reading Revisit: THE HARLEM RACE RIOT OF 1964