1968 Detroit riot

When

5 Apr 1968

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

39.83° N, 98.58° W

Description

civil disturbance

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

Civil disturbance

The 1968 Detroit riot was a civil disturbance that occurred between April 4–5, 1968, in Detroit, Michigan following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Less than a year after the violent unrest of 1967, areas of 12th Street again erupted in chaos following King's assassination. Michigan Governor George W. Romney ordered the National Guard into Detroit.

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