Civil Unrest
- Riot at Corinthian Hall
- Canal Strike of 1855
- Put down by the Union Gray militia
- The Howard Riot (1872)
- Put down by the army
- The Gorham Street Riot (June 1887)
- The Street Car Strike of 1889
- Rochester 1964 race riot
- Put down by the National Guard
- 1967 Unrest
- 1968 Assassination of MLK
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“Colonel Shaw
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“... the modern drama, operating through the double channel of dramatist and interpreter, affecting as it does both mind and heart, is the strongest force in developing social discontent, swelling the powerful tide of unrest that sweeps onward and over the dam of ignorance, prejudice, and superstition.”
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