King assassination riots. Soldiers stand near ruined buildings in Washington, D.C. The King assassination riots, also known as the Holy Week Uprising, was a wave of civil disturbance which swept the United States following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968.
King assassination riots - Wikipedia
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1968 Washington, D.C. riots - Wikipedia
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The anger exhibited in the Washington, D.C., 1968 riots was not solely about the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. There were pre-existing poor living conditions for blacks in the city and the assassination of Martin Luther King was the straw that broke the camel's back pushing the city into chaos.
Caused by: Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Date: April 4, 1968 – April 8, 1968
Death(s): 12
Arrested: 6,100+
King assassination riots - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_assassination_riots
King assassination riots. Soldiers stand near ruined buildings in Washington, D.C. The King assassination riots, also known as the Holy Week Uprising, was a wave of civil disturbance which swept the United States following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968.
The legacy of DC's 1968 riots – Greater Greater Washington
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Apr 8, 2011 - April 8, 1968 marked the end of the riots in DC which began after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. These riots changed many of the city's commercial corridors and neighborhoods forever."People Were Out of Control": Remembering the 1968 Riots ...
https://www.washingtonian.com/.../people-were-out-of-control-remembering-the-196...
Apr 1, 2008 - I don't like to predict violence,” Martin Luther King Jr. told an audience at Washington National Cathedral on March 31, 1968. The mostly ... At the busy intersection of 14th and U streets in Northwest DC—the heart of the District's black community—the news arrived on teenagers' transistor radios. People ...
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