In the days and weeks that followed MLK’s assassination, devastated demonstrators in more than 100 cities across the U.S. hit the streets in a wave of rioting that remains unprecedented in the nation’s history. (35/76)

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In the days and weeks that followed MLK's assassination, devastated demonstrators in more than 100 cities across the U.S. hit the streets in a wave of rioting that remains unprecedented in the nation's history.

Cities hit hardest by the rioting included Washington, D.C. (where 1,000 were injured and 6,000 were arrested).

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