http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxxxnKW_YVA

Wendell Jackson, a Washington, D.C. native and current resident, describes what it was like to be involved in the 1968 D.C. riots that occurred after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Jackson describes participating in the looting of a liquor store across the street from him and recalls what the city looked like after the riots–describing it as resembling a “war zone.”

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President Lyndon B. Johnson tries to motivate peace by responding to ‘the looting and the burning’ occuring during the D.C. riots that took place in 1968 after the assasination of Martin Luther King Jr.

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Images, explanations and accounts are offered from witnesses of the Washington, D.C. riots after a major civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr., was taken from the community.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0ypZPlQJJc

Store owners and witnesses who watched the D.C. riots unfold explain the chaos when people were looting the stores as well as what it was like for the troops to come in and take over the city.

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