There were 24 claims filed and over $1 million in damages in the wake of the riot.
Over 450 people were arrested, more than 100 people were injured, and one person died as a result of the events.
The Harlem race riot of 1964 sparked a summer of riots in six other cities — Rochester, New York; Dixmoor, Illinois; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; as well as Jersey City, Paterson, and Elizabeth, New Jersey.