A quick round up of some of the stories surrounding the 1968 riots [a mix of those focusing on H, and those aimed more generally]-
NBC4 -Barber Remembers 1968 Rioting Along H Street
DCist -40 Years Later, Riot Scars Remain
Infomaniac -40 Years Ago
Washington Post -Documenting the DC Riots
WUSA9 -40 Years Later, DC's Riot-Riddled Neighborhoods This one includes a three part report put together in 1988. Note especially the 1988 video's language about H Street and rising awareness of the neighborhood and its increasing safety. Also don't miss the reference to Hechinger Mall Two.
Fox 5 -Neighborhood Destroyed in MLK Riots Still Working to Rebuild
Street Fighting Man -The DC Riots of 1968
You Tube video from from Quality Information
The Root -The Night Washington Burned Black
Progressive Review -Fire
wow.
ReplyDeletereally cool.
now i know why the hood is so f*cked up.
thanks, inked!
Off topic, but I couldn't help but think of the impending opening of the Spoiled and Rotten children's spa when I saw this:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.phillymag.com/articles/pretty_babies/page1
Did I miss H Street turning into the Upper East Side or the Main Line?
ReplyDeleteI meant to send you a link to the Washington Times. One of their photographers worked for the Star and took some of the classic H St. riot photos on April 4th, 1968. There's a nice audio-photo story.
ReplyDeletehttp://video1.washingtontimes.com/video/2008/riotssilverman/