Murder in Harlem (1935) Starring Clarence Brooks, Dorothy Van Engle, Andrew Bishop, Alec Lovejoy, Laura Bowman, Bee Freeman Originally names Lem Hawkins' Confession, released as Murder in Harlem. Micheaux makes appearance as detective. Songs by Eunice Wilson and Clarence Williams. Using a different cast Micheaux produced a silent version of this picture entitled The Gunsaulus Mystery. Story based on the Stanfield murder case. Myrtle Gunsaulus, a young girl, is found mysteriously murdered in the

A Chicago riot in 1886 changed the labor movement in the United States. | HISTORY

The 1935 Harlem riots began after a crowd had started to gather in protest of an arrest of a 16 year-old boy outside a local shop. They suspected the boy was being beaten after he was taken to the back of the shop. They lasted two days. Three people were killed. Now, as then, we are experiencing the same events unfolding in living color: police brutality under the guise of protecting property. | ACLU