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Michael Griffith (March 2, 1963 – December 20, 1986) was a 23-year-old black man who was killed on December 20, 1986, in Howard Beach, in Queens, New York City, in a racially motivated attack. Griffith and two other black men were set upon by a group of white youths outside a pizza parlor.
Nov 13, 2009 · Michael Griffith was a Black man who was chased and killed by a white mob in Howard Beach, New York, in 1986. Learn about the incident, the trial and the aftermath of this racially motivated attack.
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Dec 20, 2016 · Michael Griffith was killed by a white mob in Howard Beach, Queens, in 1986, after a car broke down and he argued with some teens. The case sparked racial tensions and protests in the city, and the alleged ringleader, Jon Lester, was deported to England.
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Dec 20, 2016 · Griffith and two friends were chased and beaten by a white mob in a predominantly white neighborhood in Queens. He died after being hit by a car on the Shore Parkway as he tried to escape.
Jun 27, 2007 · Michael Griffith was one of the three African American men who were attacked by a white mob in Howard Beach, Queens, in 1986. He died after being hit by a car while trying to escape the mob, which was led by Jon Lester.
White Mob Chases, Kills Young Black Man in Howard Beach, New York. On December 20, 1986, 23-year-old Michael Griffith and his friends Cedric Sandiford and Timothy Grimes were traveling from Brooklyn to Queens in New York. When their car broke down in Howard Beach, a predominantly white, middle-class Queens neighborhood, the three young Black ...
Dec 20, 2016 · “I tell them what happened,” Griffith told the Daily News, recalling the story he relives daily about the day in 1986 when a gang of racist teens chased his brother Michael onto a Queens ...
