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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. President Lyndon B. Johnson called in the National Guard to the city on April 5, 1968, to assist the police department in quelling the unrest.
20,000+. The King assassination riots, also known as the Holy Week Uprising, [ 2] were a wave of civil disturbance which swept across the United States following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. Some of the biggest riots took place in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Chicago, and Kansas City .
September 16 – Mother of All Rallies at The National Mall in Washington, D.C. [ 60] September 18 – Restoring Freedom: March to protest the Family Court systems. [ 51] September 30 – March for Racial Justice; [ 61][ 62][ 63] March for Black Women.
May 1991: 1991 Washington, D.C., riot. September 12, 1994: Frank Eugene Corder flew a single-engine Cessna 150 into the White House South lawn, apparently trying to hit the White House. President Bill Clinton and the First Family were not home at the time. Corder died on impact and was the only casualty.
Casualties. Arrested. 12,000. The 1971 May Day protests were a series of large-scale civil disobedience actions in Washington, D.C., in protest against the United States' participation in the Vietnam War. The protests began on Monday morning, May 3 and ended on May 5. Over 12,000 people were arrested, the largest mass arrest in U.S. history. [ 1]
The long, hot summer of 1967refers to the more than 150 race riotsthat erupted across major cities in the United States during the summer of 1967. [2][3][4]In June there were riots in Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati, and Tampa. In July there were riots in Birmingham, Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Newark, New Britain, New York City ...
Civil rights movement Washington D.C. The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as simply the March on Washington or the Great March on Washington, [ 1 ][ 2 ] was held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. [ 3 ] The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.
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