Riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
King assassination riots
Part of the Civil Rights Movement, the Protests of 1968 and Ghetto riots
Soldiers stand near ruined buildings in Washington, D.C.
Date
April 4 – April 11, 1968 (1 week)
Location
Over 100 cities across the United States
Caused by
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., racial inequality
Methods
Rioting, looting, protesting, arson
Casualties
Death(s)
43[1]
Injuries
3,000+
Arrested
20,000+
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Detroit
New York City
Tallahassee
Washington, D.C.
Charlotte
Chicago
Norfolk
Pittsburgh
Jacksonville
Baltimore
Kansas City
Wilmington
Louisville
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Ghetto riots (1964–1969)
Harlem riot of 1964
1964 Rochester race riot
Dixmoor race riot
1964 Philadelphia race riot
Watts riots
1966 Chicago West Side riots
Hough riots
1966 Perth Amboy riots
Waukegan riot of 1966
1966 Dayton race riot
Hunters Point social uprising
Long, hot summer of 1967
King assassination riots
1969 York race riot
The King assassination riots, also known as the Holy Week Uprising,[2] were a wave of civil disturbance which swept across the United States following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. Some of the biggest riots took place in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Chicago, and Kansas City.
^"Peter B. Levy, Baltimore '68, p. 6" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
^Levy, Peter B. (2011). "The Dream Deferred: The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and the Holy Week Uprisings of 1968". In Jessica I. Elfenbein; Thomas L. Hollowak; Elizabeth M. Nix (eds.). Baltimore '68 : riots and rebirth in an American city. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-4399-0662-0.
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