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    activist, on April 4, 1968, Washington, D.C., experienced a four-day period of violent civil unrest and rioting. Part of the broader riots that affected at...
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  • 1991 Washington, D.C., riot, sometimes referred to as the Mount Pleasant riot or Mount Pleasant Disturbance, occurred in May 1991, when rioting broke...
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  • assassination riots, April and May, across the United States, including: 1968 Washington, D.C., riots, April 4–8, Washington, D.C. 1968 Chicago riots (West Side...
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    entered a period of decay following the white flight and the 1968 Washington, D.C. riots. Since the 2000s, Mount Pleasant has undergone increasing urban...
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    1968, riots erupted in many D.C. neighborhoods, including Shaw, Columbia Heights, and the H Street, NE corridor. The 1968 Washington, D.C., riots marked...
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    the 1960s, but the 1968 Washington, D.C., riots that followed Martin Luther King's assassination, and the ensuing decline of D.C.'s downtown area, led...
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    the neighborhood became predominantly African-American. The 1968 Washington, D.C., riots devastated the area and turmoil in the 1970-80s followed. Beginning...
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    April 4, 1968. Some of the biggest riots took place in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Chicago, and Kansas City. The immediate cause of the rioting was the...
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    Race Riot of 1919 in Washington. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Washington race riot of 1919. 1968 Washington, D.C. riots 1991 Washington, D.C. riot...
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    drug trafficking in Washington, D.C. Following the economic downturn the area faced following the 1968 riots, the community and DC government launched...
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  • person killed and five injured. 19681968 Washington, D.C. riots, April 4–8, Washington, D.C. 19681968 Boston riots, April 4–9, Boston, Massachusetts...
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  • Kentucky experienced three days of rioting in May 1968. As in many other cities around the country, there were unrest and riots partially in response to the...
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    moved the department forward towards racial equality. The April 1968 Washington, D.C., riots, in the aftermath of the assassination of Martin Luther King...
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  • Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. experienced some of the worst riots following King's assassination. In Chicago itself, more than 48 hours of rioting left 11...
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    of both races left the area. Many left after the destructive 1968 Washington, D.C. riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. These devastated...
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  • Puerto Rico. April 4–8, 1968: Washington, D.C., riots: Following the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, a four-day period of violent...
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  • The 1968 Detroit riot was a civil disturbance that occurred between April 4–5, 1968 in Detroit, Michigan following the assassination of Martin Luther...
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  • chronological list of known riots. 205–186 – BC The great revolt of Egypt against Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 48 BC – 47 BC – Riots during the Siege of Alexandria...
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  • Shadows of the Flames - Baltimore's 1968 Riots, (2013) [1] University of Baltimore 1968 Riot site, "Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth", "http://archives.ubalt...
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    Great Society reforms, but the avenue further declined after the 1968 Washington, D.C., riots in the aftermath of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr...
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    riot Full list of riots in Detroit 1921 Tulsa race riot 1923 Rosewood massacre 1965 Watts Riot 1968 Washington, D.C., riots 1968 Chicago riots 1968 Baltimore...
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    Colonnade was demolished. The theater fell into disrepair after the 1968 Washington, D.C. riots. In 1978, the Lincoln Theatre was divided into two theaters,...
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    the Ambassador Theater opened; it closed in 1969. After the 1968 Washington, D.C., riots, white flight continued. In the 1980s, Hazel Williams operated...
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    Ben's Chili Bowl (category African-American history of Washington, D.C.)
    It was frequented by both police and protesters during the 1968 Washington, D.C., riots, and is regularly visited by celebrities, such as Anthony Bourdain...
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  • March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights was timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the Stonewall riots. The Stonewall riots marked such...
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  • When the looting starts, the shooting starts (category 1968 controversies)
    violence in the 1968 Miami riots. The quote was brought under scrutiny by the U.S. Congress in response to the 1968 Washington, D.C., riots. It was also...
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  • riot of 1968 (Baltimore, MD) Chicago West Side riots (Chicago, IL) Louisville riots of 1968 (Louisville, KY) 1968 Washington, D.C. riots (Washington,...
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  • Riots often occur in reaction to a perceived grievance or out of dissent. Riots may be the outcome of a sporting event, although many riots have occurred...
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  • implemented; Walter Washington becomes mayor. Smithsonian Folklife Festival begins. Biograph cinema opens. 1968 April: 1968 Washington, D.C. riots occur. American...
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    1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the South Central riots, Rodney King riots or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising) were a series of riots and civil disturbances...
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