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1968 Washington, D.C. riots
1968 – 1968
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. As the unrest and damage to buildings went on, Lyndon B. Johnson ordered federal troops to enter the city in an effort to restore order.
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