DescriptionLafayette Bar and Grill, 428 East 18th Street and the corner of Lafayette Street, circa June 1966. In the early morning of June 17, 1966, two African-American men entered the bar and began shooting the bartender and several customers. The triple murderers were identified as Rubin Carter and John Artis. In 1967, they were convicted. After two unsuccessful appeals, in 1985 they made an appeal at the Federal Court level, where the charges were dropped. Paterson Evening News photo.

Genrephotographs

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3K074Z7

CollectionWelcome to the Neighborhood: The Paterson Immigration Experience from 1860 to 1960

Organization NamePaterson Museum

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