What the records say
- When
- 4 Apr 1968 – 8 Apr 1968
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 38.92° N, 77.03° W
- Description
- four-day period of violent civil unrest and rioting following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr
- Cause
- assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
1968 Washington, D.C., riots
Following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a leading African-American civil rights 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 least 110 U.S. cities, those in Washington, D.C.—along with those in Chicago and in Baltimore—were among those with the greatest numbers of participants.
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