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Police have an altercation with a black man during a riot on Columbia Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., August 28, 1964.
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Police have an altercation with a black man on Columbia Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., August 28, 1964.

Credit: Courtesy of Urban Archives, Temple University

Police have an altercation with a black man during a riot on Columbia Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., August 28, 1964. "This riot was sparked by rumors that a black woman named Odessa Bradford. A fight with police following her arrest led to large scale looting and attacks on property on Columbia Ave. When it was over the damage was calculated at 3 million, 600 people had been arrested, and nearly 340 had been injured, including 100 police officers"

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