Police try to disperse crowd · Year of the Riot

Title of event: Police try to disperse crowd
Type of event: Riot (March) - Police deployed
Address of event: Police try to disperse crowd Happened Primarily at W 125th St & 7th Ave; Police try to disperse crowd Happened Secondarily at W 125th ST & 8th Ave
Report on event: Police try to disperse crowd Main report referencing event 1 Dead, 100 Hurt as Harlem Mobs Riot Over Boy, 16, And Hearse
Start date / time: March 19, 1935
Start (general time of day): Day (Evening)
End date (if different): March 20, 1935
End (general time of day): Night (Any Time)
Description: Members of the Young Liberators began picketing outside Kress' store around 7 PM, and crowd on 125th Street began to grow around 8 PM. At 9 PM, the police push the crowd back at 125th St and 7th Ave, but could not disperse it, as it kept forming anew, leading to repeated clashes along 125th Street for several hours