Rochester marks 60th anniversary of 1964 uprising with film screening

Rochester, N.Y. – This month marks the 60th anniversary of the July 1964 riots in Rochester. Frustration and resentment brought on by institutional racism, overcrowding and police-dog attacks exploded into three days of violence. Wednesday night, the Greater Rochester Martin Luther King Jr. Commission hosted a screening of the…

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