Crown Heights riot
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crown-heights-riot-228-4164548
title:
Crown Heights riot
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The Crown Heights riot was a race riot that took place from August 19 to August 21, 1991, in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York City. Black residents attacked Orthodox Jewish residents, damaged their homes, and looted businesses. The riots began on August 19, 1991, after two 7 year-old children of Guyanese immigrants were unintentionally struck by a driver running a red light while following the motorcade of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the leader of Chabad, a Jewish religious
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1991 racial and antisemitic riot in Brooklyn, New York City
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Heights_riot
date created:
2004-10-29T06:07:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T05:55:39Z
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