Mayor La Guardia addresses disturbances in Harlem

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

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Mayor Fiorello La Guardia addresses the people of Harlem in the wake of an altercation between the police and a soldier. Speaking in the very early morning hours, he asks that the neighborhood's inhabitants go to their homes and go to bed in order to avoid further violence.

Max Yergin and Ferdinand Smith also speak, echoing La Guardia's request that the people of West Harlem get out of the streets and return home.

[Poor quality original.]


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 8602
Municipal archives id: LT4030

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