“For the past three days the Nation has been shocked by reports of rioting and disorder in the streets of our largest and one of our proudest cities.”
—-LBJ’s Statement by the President on the Riots in New York City, July 21, 1964. The Harlem riots began on July 18, after the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old African American teenager. Photo via the Library of Congress.
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