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Harlem in Disorder: A Spatial History of How Racial Violence Changed in 1935

In the New York Sun

Stories from the New York Sun were found in the scrapbooks of clippings in the Records of Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Photographs were not included in the scrapbook. Additional stories were found by reading microfilmed copies of the newspapers from March 19, 1935 – March 30, 1935.

"12 Are Indicted for Part in Harlem Riot," New York Sun, March 21, 1935, 1.
"2d Victim Dead in Harlem Riot," New York Sun March 23, 1935, 11.
"Bus Passengers Rode Harlem Riot. Tell About Dodging Bricks and Bullets Last Night," New York Sun, March 20, 1935, 1.
"City Liable for $1,000,000 Damage Bill in $450 Award to Harlem Riot Victim," New York Sun, September 21, 1935 [clipping].
"Claim $38,000 Riot Damages," New York Sun, April 23, 1935 [clipping]
"Did Not Know He Caused Riot," New York Sun, March 20, 1935, 21.
"Dodge Begins Investigation of Worst Disorders Here in Years," New York Sun, March 20, 1.
"Harlem Riot Report Demanded," New York Sun, June 30, 1936 [clipping].
"Harlem Riots to Cost Dearly," New York Sun, July 23, 1935 [clipping].
"Harlem Unrest Laid to Police," New York Sun, August 10, 1935 [clipping].
"Indictments Due for Riot Anarchy," New York Sun, March 25, 1925, 2.
"Negroes Jeer at Harlem Hearing," New York Sun, May 4, 1935 [clipping].
"Orders Police to Keep Silent," New York Sun, April 7, 1935 [clipping].
"Renewed Looting Brings Riot Call: Reds Blamed for Harlem Fighting," New York Sun, March 20, 1935, 1, 20.
"Result of Riot," New York Sun, March 22, 1935, 1.
"Riot Inquiry Thrown in Uproar," New York Sun, May 18, 1935 [clipping].
"Told Mayor Riot Was Brewing," New York Sun, March 21, 1935, 21.

[Photograph] "Harlem Rioters Break Every Window in Radio Store," New York Sun, March 20, 1935, 1.
[Photograph] Lino Rivera and Lt. Samuel Battle (seated), March 20, 1935, Associated Press.
[Photograph] "Where Rioters Wreaked Havoc," Associated Press, March 20, 1935, Folder: Riots -- Race, New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress.

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