80th Anniversary of the Christie Pits Riot


A SOFTBALL GAME WITH MANY HOME RUNS AND MUCH FUN WAS HELD ON SUNDAY MORNING AT CHRISTIE PITS DIAMOND 2 TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE RIOT THAT BROKE OUT EIGHTY YEARS AGO

 

Top to bottom: The only know photograph of the Christie Pits Riot on August 16, 1933 [Photo courtesy of the City of Toronto Archives/Globe and Mail Collection]; Photo of the friendly softball game at Christie Pits Diamond 2 on August 11, 2013 to mark the 80th anniversary of the riots. {Photo courtesy of Marla Fine]