Little Italy Riot, Jan. '64
White residents, who had planned a counter-protest against integration, became incensed when they saw the picketers and attacked them. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured during the riot.
This incident and others like it eventually spelled the end of McCallister's integration program, leading to the School Board's decision to build several new schools in all-black neighborhoods instead of sending black students to under-enrolled schools in white neighborhoods.
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