Saturday, April 05, 2008

Riot Stories

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

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow.
really cool.
now i know why the hood is so f*cked up.

thanks, inked!

Flash Hardcore said...

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:

http://www.phillymag.com/articles/pretty_babies/page1

Anonymous said...

Did I miss H Street turning into the Upper East Side or the Main Line?

Richard Layman said...

I 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.

http://video1.washingtontimes.com/video/2008/riotssilverman/