Harlem in Disorder: A Spatial History of How Racial Violence Changed in 1935Main MenuREAD ME: Help Navigating This BookIntroductionOn the StreetsIn the CourtsUnder InvestigationThe Mayor's Commission on Conditions in HarlemOver TimeEventsSourcesStephen Robertsona1bf8804093bc01e94a0485d9f3510bb8508e3bfStanford University Press
12020-02-24T22:52:32+00:00Injured in assaults (49)35plain2022-09-30T21:51:39+00:00Forty-nine of the fifty-four assaults resulted in injuries; four other assaults involved attacks on vehicles that damaged cars and smashed windows, but did not result in reported injuries, and Thomas Wijstem died three months after the attack on him led to a prosecution for assault. Those injuries and their limited severity relative to those resulting from violence in Harlem at other times in 1935 provide some evidence of the nature of the violence during the disorder.