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In 1964, a white, off-duty policeman killed a Black teenager in New York. That led to the now-infamous Harlem race riots.
The people of Harlem were mourning the loss of 15-year-old James Powell, a Black teenager fatally shot by Thomas Gilligan, a white, off-duty police officer. Headlines read "Negro boy killed ...
Harlem's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture celebrates centennial anniversary
The Schomburg Center is celebrating its 100th anniversary while preserving more than 11 million items in the archive.