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What D.C. looked like in the aftermath of the 1968 riots
March 26, 2018 | 4:38 PM GMT
Rioting broke out in D.C. and other parts of the country following the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968 in Memphis.
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