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Max Newman assaulted
Newman appeared only in lists of the injured. Two lists included some details of the circumstances he which he suffered those wounds. The New York Herald Tribune provided the details that he was beaten by a group of eight Black men, when the assault occurred, and that an ambulance treated. The New York American described a smaller group of five men, and did not mention the timing or the ambulance. The reports in the Home News, New York Evening Journal, and New York Post only listed Newman’s injuries. The Home News and New York Evening Journal did include his home address, 3200 Rochambeau Avenue in the Bronx.
Two different locations for the assault were reported. The list published in the New York Herald Tribune reported the store was at 2774 8th Avenue, “near 138th St," but that address was actually near 148th Street, not 138th Street. It was too far north to fit the other events of the disorder around that time. However, the list in the New York American located the store at 2274 8th Avenue, which was near 122nd Street, not 138th Street. The business survey identified both addresses as white-owned grocer’s stores. The area around 122nd Street saw windows being broken and violence intensifying around 10:30 PM as groups moved away from 125th Street. The assault fits that context so has been mapped at 2274 8th Avenue.
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- "1 Dead, 7 Shot, 100 Hurt as Harlem Crowds Riot over Boy, 16, and Hearse," New York Herald Tribune, March 20, 1935, 1.
- "5 Dying and Scores Wounded as Race Riots in Harlem Subside," Home News, March 20, 1935 [clipping].
- “List of Victims," New York Evening Journal, March 20, 1935, 1, 3.
- “List of Casualties in Riots,” New York Post, March 20, 1935, 6.
- "1 Slain, 20 Injured in Harlem Rioting," New York American, March 20, 1935, 1.