Black urban rebellions of the 1960s are often relegated to the footnotes of history, but they were milestones in America's race struggles. A new POV film, "Revolution '67," looks at the six-day Newark, N.J. outbreak in mid-July of 1967 that led to 26 dead people, 725 injured, and close to 1,500 arrested. Leonard talks to filmmakers Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno and Jerome Bongiorno, and former SDC/NCUP activist Carol Glassman.
how can you describe looting as "non-agressive"!!!??
Did the cops and the nat'l guard start the riot? They were called upon to do their job and they did it. What were they supposed to do? Set up hospitality tents? Oh, those poor looters! This film is not a documentary, it's pure fiction.
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