It took 6,600 city, military, and civil police officers; 8,000 state guardsmen; and 1,500 civilian volunteers to finally halt the 1943 Harlem riot.
By the end of it, six Black people were dead (five shot by police) and 185 were injured, according to the NYPD.
The total damage was estimated at between $250,000–$5 million, which included 1,485 stores that were burglarized and 4,495 broken windows.
