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Reaction to the murder of George Floyd. Economic, racial and social inequality [1] George Floyd protests in New York City took place at several sites in each of the five New York City boroughs, starting on May 28, 2020, in reaction to the murder of George Floyd. Most of the protests were peaceful, while some sites experienced protester and/or ...
Assassination of Malcolm X. Malcolm X, an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement, was shot multiple times and died from his wounds in Manhattan, New York City on February 21, 1965, at age 39. While preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity at the ...
Murder of Kitty Genovese. In the early hours of March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese, a 28-year-old bartender, was raped and stabbed outside the apartment building where she lived in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of Queens, New York, United States. [ 2][ 3][ 4] Two weeks after the murder, The New York Times published an article erroneously claiming ...
California State University, Stanislaus ( BA) Gary Adrian Condit (born April 21, 1948) is an American former politician who represented California 's 18th congressional district in the House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003. He gained significant national attention after the May 2001 disappearance of Chandra Levy, an intern with the Federal ...
Robert and Susan Levy. Chandra Ann Levy (April 14, 1977 – c. May 1, 2001) was an American intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, D.C., who disappeared in May 2001. She was presumed murdered after her skeletal remains were found in Rock Creek Park in May 2002. The case attracted attention from the American news media for ...
Resigned to become New York City Comptroller. Frank T. Fitzgerald: Democratic 6th: March 4, 1889 – November 4, 1889 Manhattan Resigned when elected register of New York County. John J. Fitzgerald: Democratic 2nd: March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 Brooklyn Resigned. 7th: March 4, 1903 – December 31, 1917 John Fitzgibbons: Democratic At-large
A 45-year-old man was killed in a New York City subway car early Friday morning, police said. The New York Police Department said the man was killed around 5 a.m. as he was riding a southbound D ...
On May 1, 2023, Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old black man who was homeless, died after a 24-year-old white former Marine named Daniel Penny put him in a chokehold.. Neely boarded a New York City Subway train at the Second Avenue station just before it departed and reportedly began screaming that he was hungry, needed a job, was not afraid of going to prison, and was ready to die.