Student Strike and Police Response
On November 17, 1967, 3,500 students walked out of their classes and assembled in front of the Board of Education building at 21st and the Parkway. The demonstrators included youth groups, Catholic high school students and public high school students.
The demonstrators were met by two busloads of police, and the encounter quickly turned violent. Twenty-two people were seriously injured and 57 were arrested.
The Commissioner of Police Frank Rizzo was on the scene, and witnesses quoted him as telling his officers to “Get their Black asses!”
Read more about this topic: 1967 Philadelphia Student Demonstrations
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