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    The King assassination riots, also known as the Holy Week Uprising, were a wave of civil disturbance which swept across the United States following the...
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  • The 1968 Chicago riots, in the United States, were sparked in part by the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Rioting and looting followed, with people...
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    Following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a leading African-American civil rights activist, on April 4, 1968, Washington, D.C., experienced...
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    (the most destructive riots taking place in Detroit and Newark), came to a climax during the national wave of King assassination riots in over 100 American...
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  • and national guard. The immediate cause of the riot was the April 4 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, which triggered unrest...
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    1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the South Central riots, Rodney King riots or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising) were a series of riots and civil disturbances...
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  • Orangeburg, South Carolina King assassination riots, April and May, across the United States, including: 1968 Washington, D.C., riots, April 4–8, Washington...
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  • United States to be the subject of rioting after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The rioting in Kansas City did not erupt on April 4, like other...
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    Report on King's assassination Shelby County Register of Deeds documents Archived February 7, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, Assassination Investigation...
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  • Detroit riot was a civil disturbance that occurred between April 4–5, 1968 in Detroit, Michigan following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Less...
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