A riot took place in Harlem, New York City, on August 1 and 2 of 1943, after a white police officer, James Collins, shot and wounded Robert Bandy, an African American soldier, and rumors circulated that the soldier had died. The riot was chiefly directed by black residents against white-owned property in Harlem.
A riot took place in Harlem, New York City, on August 1 and 2 of 1943, after a white police officer, James Collins, shot and wounded Robert Bandy, an African American soldier, and rumors circulated that the soldier had died. The riot was chiefly directed by black residents against white-owned property in Harlem.
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