In the heat of a New York summer on July 16, 1964, a confrontation on the Upper East Side of Manhattan would ignite days of unrest and leave a lasting scar on the city. That morning, James Powell, a 15-year-old African American boy, was attending summer school when an argument broke out between a building superintendent and a group of students. The superintendent, Patrick Lynch, was hosing down the sidewalk and allegedly sprayed water on some of the teenagers, reportedly making racist remarks. T
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