The 1964 Jersey City, New Jersey Uprising began August 2 and lasted three nights until the morning of August 5.  The uprising began in the predominantly black neighborhood of Lafayette in Jersey City after police arrested 26-year-old African American Delores Shannon for disorderly conduct and being drunk in public. Another African American, 34-year-old Walter Mays, attempted to intervene in Shannon’s arrest and was himself arrested.  The arrests of Shannon and Mays initiated the uprising. Continue reading Revisit: THE JERSEY CITY UPRISING