At approximately 9:30 on the morning of July 16, 1964, James Powell, a 15‐year‐old boy, was shot to death by Lieut. Thomas Gilligan, a New York City police officer.

4 days ago · Rev. Dr. James Powell, PhD Obituary Rev. Dr. James L. Powell, PhD, 81, of Marietta passed away on Dec 28, 2025. Raised in N.C., he graduated from Greensboro/Grimsley High …

A July 1964 protest at the United Nations headquarters in New York City began after the murder of 15-year-old African American James Powell by Thomas Gilligan, a white, off-duty police officer.

May 4, 2017 · On July 16, 1964, off-duty New York City Police Department (NYPD) Lieutenant, the subject, shot and killed James Powell, the fifteen-year-old black victim, outside an apartment building …

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The New York Race Riots of 1964 were the first in a series of devastating race-related riots that ripped through American cities between 1964 and 1965. The riots began in Harlem, New York following the …