Fiorello LaGuardia Imposes Curfew to Halt Harlem Rioting
In one of five radio broadcasts made on August 2, 1943, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia informs New York City citizens that the curfew he ordered may soon be lifted. LaGuardia had called for the curfew when a riot broke out the previous night in Harlem after a white policeman shot and injured a black soldier who had intervened in the arrest of a woman.
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Fiorello LaGuardia Imposes Curfew to Halt Harlem Rioting
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In one of five radio broadcasts made on August 2, 1943, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia informs New York City citizens that the curfew he ordered may soon be lifted. LaGuardia had called for the curfew when a riot broke out the previous night in Harlem after a white policeman shot and injured a black soldier who had intervened in the arrest of a woman.
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In August 1969, Bernadette Devlin was arrested during the Battle of the Bogside, a riot that protested the British occupation of Northern Ireland. Convicted in 1970, she spent four months in prison while still an MP. In an interview following her conviction, Devlin strongly defends her position.
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