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Fifteen Blocks of Rage (episode 140)
Fifteen Blocks of Rage (episode 140)
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44 minutes
Released:
Jul 7, 2019
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For decades, a 1967 riot that rocked Roxbury’s Grove Hall neighborhood was generally referred to in the mainstream media as a "race riot" or as "the welfare riot," while a handful of articles and books by Black authors called it "the police riot." A group of mostly African American women who led a group called Mothers for Adequate Welfare were staging a sit-in protest at a welfare office on Blue Hill Avenue. When tensions escalated, the police stormed in and used force to remove the group. Onlookers were outraged by the violence and attempted to stop the police. The resulting riot spanned three nights in Roxbury, with arson, looting, and shots fired both by and at the police, and the scars it left behind took decades to heal.
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Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/140
Support us: http://patreon.com/HUBhistory
Released:
Jul 7, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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