CELEBRATIONS IN HARLEM
NEGROES DANCE IN STREETS (Rec. 12.30 a-m.) . YORK. June ». The negro district ot Harlem ■was transformed into scenes of flagwaving and noisy celebration as soon as loudspeakers In the streets announced Louis’s victory In the fight flor the world’s heavy-weight title. There was a roaring medley of shouts, the negse of motor-car horns, the sound of breaking glass, and fireworks. Torn paper was showered from windows into the streets in V-E Day density. A large force of police regulated traffic while Harlem celebrated with a . collective dance ot joy in the utieets. a
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24907, 21 June 1946, Page 7
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