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Ten blocks from the White House : anatomy of the Washington riots of 1968

Title
Ten blocks from the White House : anatomy of the Washington riots of 1968 / Ben W. Gilbert and the staff of the Washington post.
Author
Gilbert, Ben W.
Publication
  • New York : F.A. Praeger, [1968]
  • ©1968

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Description
xix, 245 pages : illustrations, maps; 21 cm.
Series Statement
Praeger paperbacks ; P-240
Uniform Title
  • Washington post (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
  • Praeger paperbacks ; P-240.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Riots > Washington (D.C.)
  • Poor People's Campaign
  • Nineteen sixties
  • Race relations
  • Riots
  • Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century
  • Washington (D.C.) > Race relations
  • Washington (D.C.)
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
Prologue to April : the riotproof city -- Thursdasy night : first sparks of anger -- Thursday night and Friday morning : the police problem -- Friday : the thin line vanishes -- Midday Friday : hot words -- Friday afternoon : Washington burns -- Friday evening to Saturday : the troops arrive -- The occupation of Washington -- Fair trial : the rioters in the courts -- The looters -- "All you need is a match, man" -- The merchants -- Resurrection City, May-June -- Epilogue in August : the city's voices -- Appendix I. How many rioted -- Appendix II. Who riots.
LCCN
68008903
OCLC
  • ocm00252908
  • 252908
  • SCSB-302464
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library