The Crown Heights Riots

Resource: Video

Series: The Intersection of Black and Jewish histories in America

Topic: Social Justice

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Despite strong ties in the years after the civil rights movement, the relationship between the Black and Jewish communities of Brooklyn began to deteriorate. Three decades later, the tension between these two groups came to a head during the Crown Heights riots of 1991.