60 years after the 1966 Division Street Riots: Assessing lasting change in Chicago's Puerto Rican community
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Michael Peregrine
Summary
The article examines the 1966 Division Street Riots in Chicago, the first recognized uprising of the Puerto Rican community in the U.S., occurring over three violent nights in June at the intersection of Division and Damen. With 60 years of hindsight, the piece reflects on whether lasting cultural and social progress has been made since that pivotal moment in Chicago's Puerto Rican history.
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Far fewer Chicagoans know it as the site of one of the most significant of the city's many violent 1960s social conflicts.
Sixty years ago, from June 12 to June 14, 1966, the intersection of Division Street and Damen Avenue was the epicenter of the first recognized uprising of a Puerto Rican community
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