Democrat and Chronicle – by James Goodman, Brian Sharp
Among the 893 people who were arrested during the Rochester riots of 1964, according to the city’s statistics, the vast majority were either unemployed or unskilled workers.
Those 804 people gave a sense of the Rochester that was below the radar screen of community leaders when the riots broke out.
“It was a great shock to people who were very confident in the benevolent nature of the community. Clearly, generous benevolence was not sufficient to deal with the problems,” said Chris Lindley, who was then teaching history at the University of Rochester and later served as deputy mayor. Continue reading “1964 Rochester riots spawned FIGHT, other community efforts”
