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April 8, 2018

WAMU – April 4, 2018. — “In this series, WAMU examines how the 1968 riots affected the city back then — and how they still do.”

Riots erupted across parts of Washington, D.C. after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Commercial districts burned and shops were looted. Troops were still patrolling the streets days later while smoke hung in the air. The District recovered and eventually the neighborhoods were rebuilt – but it changed the way Washingtonians thought about themselves. WAMU looks back at the tumultuous events 50 years ago.

Read these three stories:

  1. D.C.’s Black Commercial Districts Came Back From The 1968 Riots, But Many Black Residents Left
  2. Black, White, And Asian — Three Reflections On The 1968 D.C. Riots
  3. Black And Middle Class In 1968 D.C. — A Conversation With My Father

See source.