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The Crown Heights Riots
What led to the Crown Heights riots of 1991? And what has happened to the Black-Jewish relationship since?
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Despite strong ties in the years after the civil rights movement, the relationship between the Black and Jewish communities of Brooklyn began to deteriorate. Three decades later, the tension between these two groups came to a head during the Crown Heights riots of 1991.