On August 28, 1964, the Columbia Ave Riot began in North Philadelphia. The riot began when a police scuffle with African Americans occurred at the busy insection of Twenty-Second Street and Columbia Avenue. The riot lasted for three days with North Philadelphians throwing bricks and bottles at the police and vandalizing stores. Philadelphia was just […]
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