![]() “They just burned a couple of stores down.It was a lot of bottle throwing and breaking windows.but there wasn’t too much fighting or beating up of people. “There was no fighting,” said Manigault, now 87. “My role was to prevent violence and stop the outbreaks and channel positive energy in a positive direction,” James said.Īnother Harrisburg resident on the street in those days was John “Joe Smooth” Manigault, who as a member of the Harrisburg American Legion Post 733 Emergency Police, was called out to assist law enforcement during the disturbances. He worked with low-income kids, kids from middle-class families and kids involved with gangs. He ran a community center that offered a youth basketball team, a boxing program and martial arts classes. If anyone knew the kids in Harrisburg, James did. Hundreds left classes and walked out and flooded the streets.” “There were mass demonstrations but there were no riots,” said James, who at the time ran the Tri-County Commission on Economic Opportunity, part of President Lyndon Johnson’s war on poverty. ![]() Richard James argues that what played out that summer in Harrisburg were disturbances - some violent - but were not riots. Indeed, the passage of time affords a new perspective on the troubled times, but more importantly, of its enduring legacy and place in the current national discourse. For additional information, contact 71.The upheavals bear witness to the enduring debate in the city - and the country - over race relations, racial inequality and injustice. Harrisburg Mall is a one million square foot regional mall with more than 70 tenants, including anchor stores Macy’s and Macy’s Backstage, Bass Pro Shops, Destination XL, 2nd & Charles and Regal Cinema’s Great Escape Harrisburg Mall Stadium 14.
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