The Nation - News from Dec. 1, 1985
Police arrested 34 demonstrators to break up an anti-racism march at the edge of a mostly white Philadelphia neighborhood. They were accused of violating Mayor W. Wilson Goode’s declaration of a state of emergency after about 200 protesters gathered outside the home of an interracial couple on Nov. 21. That demonstration followed one the previous night by about 400 whites who gathered outside the home of a black couple, chanting “We want them out,” and “Beat It.” The interracial couple reportedly have decided to move.
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