The rioting took place in several areas in the Los Angeles
metropolitan area as thousands of people rioted over six
days following the verdict’s announcement.
Widespread looting, assault, and arson occurred during
the riots, which local police forces had difficulty controlling.
A riot brook out in Harlem when local residents suspect that a
Black boy has been beaten, and possibly killed, by a white
business owner. Although the rumors turn out to be false,
the riot highlighted the struggles of Harlem’s historically Black community against discrimination during the Great Depression.
Many modern scholars consider the 1935 Harlem riot the first
modern race riot.
At Haymarket Square in Chicago, Illinois, a bomb was thrown at
a squad of policemen attempting to break up what had begun as
a peaceful labor rally. The police responded with wild gunfire,
killing several people in the crowd and injuring dozens more.
The demonstration, which drew some 1,500 Chicago workers,
was organized by German-born labor radicals in protest of the
killing of a striker by the Chicago police the day before.
SANDY KOZEL
Jerome Allen Seinfeld
Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer is 70
today. Comedy Central named him the 12th-greatest
stand-up comedian of all time.
