Humboldt Park riot
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Riot
The celebration was in honor of St. John the Baptist, for whom San Juan, Puerto Rico is named.[1] In 1966, the parade for this celebration was officially renamed the Puerto Rican Parade.[2] The festivities are misattributed some print news as a celebration for "Puerto Rican Independence Day."[3][4]
'77 riot, day one: Two people were killed, fifteen police officers were injured, and approximately 3,000 people were involved.[5]
116 people injured, 119 arrested during the first day. The riot began in Humboldt Park itself, near the intersection of Division Street and California Avenue. Hundreds of people had gathered in the park to celebrate [what].[3]
Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña (add Chicago FALN attacks)
The riot began on the same day the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña (FALN) set off a bomb in downtown Chicago. The riot led the community to hold the Division Street Puerto Rican Day Parade,[6] which started in 1978.[7]
Fires
According to a witness, Viola Sagado, by evening, the police closed off the streets surrounding Division and California. People ran through this area to avoid confrontation with the police. Others were scared, as a building fire burned, while the fire department did not respond or work to control the blaze.[8]
Aftermath
Following the riot, members of neighborhood gangs complained of police harassment. The increased, confrontational policing maintained the tense conditions that led to the riot.[9] In the days following the riot, community members of Humboldt Park met with acting mayor Michael Anthony Bilandic to discuss the weekend's riot. After waiting three hours, the Humboldt Park residents had 20 minutes with the mayor. Puerto Rican community leaders also met with Chicago police officials and Department of Human Services officials for two hours, and expressed their concerns about the community.[1]
PR identity in Chicago in response to colonialism[10]
- ^ a b "Bilandic, Latinos, meet about riots". Chicago Tribune. June 7, 1977 – via Proquest.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Puerto Ricans". www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
- ^ a b Lowe, Frederick, and Blakley, Derrick. (June 6, 1977). "2d day of Humboldt riots". Chicago Tribune – via Proquest.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Times, Paul Delaney Special To The New York (1977-06-06). "LOOTING, VANDALISM FOLLOW CHICAGO RIOT". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- ^ Lowe, F., &, Blakley, D (June 5, 1977). "Humboldt Park riot". Chicago Tribune – via Proquest.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Laviera, Jesús Tato. “'77 PR Chicago Riot.” Afro-Hispanic Review, vol. 26, no. 2, 2007, pp. 145–183., www.jstor.org/stable/23054627.
- ^ "La Negra of Chicago's Puerto Rican People's Parade". La Respuesta. 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ^ Ramos-Zayas, Ana Y. (2003-07-15). National Performances: The Politics of Class, Race, and Space in Puerto Rican Chicago. University of Chicago Press. p. 251. ISBN 9780226703596.
- ^ Suro, Roberto, and Jon Ziomek (June 8, 1977). "Sweater Symbol in Humboldt area". Chicago Sun-Times.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Rinaldo, Rachel (2002-01-01). "Space of Resistance: The Puerto Rican Cultural Center and Humboldt Park". Cultural Critique (50): 135–174.