1968 12th Street Riots

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With all the news coming in from the ongoing unrest in Baltimore-and the fact that riots may probably spur up again here soon, I have decided to bring up this little-known topic.

What few know is that less than a year after the unrest of 1967, 12th Street again erupted in mayhem [[simultaneously with similar riots in Baltimore, Chicago and Washington, DC, along with many other cities) following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968.

It may not have been as large as the 1967 unrest, but store windows were still smashed and cars were still damaged.

What are your memories of the 1968 MLK 12th Street Riots?

Here are a couple of news articles that prove that there were indeed disturbances here in 1968.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?n...rontpage&hl=en
https://news.google.com/newspapers?n...rontpage&hl=en