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The DC Traveler

April 4th, 2008

April 4, 1968 - MLK’s Assassination and the DC Riots

Today is the 40th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, who was shot dead in Memphis by James Earl Ray.
Within hours of his murder, Washington, DC was poised for one of the most explosive urban riots in American history.

The Washington, DC headquarters of Dr. King’s Southern Christian […]

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