1960
Race Riots
August 28 – August 30 Late August Race riots start at the intersection of 23rd and Columbia Avenue race riots in Philadelphia a few. 341 injured, 774 people arrested, 225 stores damaged or destroyed. The riots facilitate the rise of Frank Rizzo. A fictionalized version of these events was depicted in the first season of the NBC television series American Dreams.
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