Our class trip to the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives was very interesting and fun. We got to learn more about the Harlem riots of 1964 and how Mayor Wagner felt about the entire situation. Mayor Wagner felt that his job there was to maintain law and order, saying that the police are there to protect us, but the negroes at the time didn't feel the same way. As soon as we got to the archives we were told that we weren't aloud to have any food or drinks upon entering the archives or even have our bags in there. They also showed us a couple cool artifacts that belong to Mr. Wagner, like his autographed glove, signed by Muhammad Ali, and his authentic Mets jacket. The archives is a place where they hold documents, artifacts, and etc. on Mayor Wagner and others.
While at the archives we were given an article of a speech that Mayor Wagner gave at the time of the riots. Wagner starts off the speech a little upset because he was outside the country having a World Conference, and had to cut it short because of what was going on in the city. He arrived to boarded up windows, crowds of people in their stoops, people scared looking out their windows, and also debris that was left behind after on going battles of the people and the cops. At the end of his speech, Mayor Wagner states that he is there to maintain law and order and that the people shouldn't be fighting the cops that they are there to protect us.
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