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Synopsis: Three nights of violence and civil unrest in the African-American Roxbury ghetto section of Boston MA...(read more)

  • Date: 1967
  • Duration: 00:00:50
  • Sound: Yes
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: United States

Race Riot In Boston MA

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Race Riot In Boston MA

Racial violence in America as Black Americans riot in the African-American Boston Roxbury ghetto-section in 1967. Three nights of violence and civil unrest includes smashing, burning, and looting of stores. Mobs throw rocks and bottles at police; a rooftop sniper wounds a fireman. An emergency meeting is called with Boston Black leaders. Night scenes of burning buildings; social unrest in Boston Massachusetts.