1968 Washington, D.C. riots

時期

1968年4月4日 – 1968年4月8日

種類

暴動

座標

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.

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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