1968 Pittsburgh riots

Series of urban disturbances that erupted in Pittsburgh on April 5, 1968 1968 Pittsburgh riots the King assassination riots April 5–11, 1968 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Property destroyed, order restored Rioters Pittsburgh Police Department Pennsylvania National Guard 1 36 1,000 The 1968 Pittsburgh riots were a series of urban disturbances that erupted in Pittsburgh on April 5, 1968, following the assassination of Martin Luther King. Pittsburgh, along with 110 other cities, burned for several days and 3,600 National Guardsmen were needed to quell the disorder.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randy-fox/pittsburghs-hill-district-dream_b_1669867.html Pittsburgh's Hill District: The Death Of A Dream The Huffington Post 16 July 2012http://journals.psu.edu/wph/article/viewFile/59171/58896 1968 : The Year That Rocked Pittsburgh Emily Ruby Journals.psu.edu 2016-04-21http://popularpittsburgh.com/history-of-riots-in-pittsburgh/ History of Riots in Pittsburgh 17 June 2015April 2, 2008 MLK riots: 40 years later, turmoil on the Hill stirs memories Pittsburgh Post-Gazette https://www.post-gazette.com/life/lifestyle/2008/04/02/MLK-riots-40-years-later-turmoil-on-the-Hill-stirs-memories/stories/200804020183 August 30, 2022Mellon Steven Routh Julian April 2, 2018 The Week the Hill Rose Up Pittsburgh Post-Gazette https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/the-week-the-hill-rose-up/ July 31, 2022 Overview The neighborhoods most impacted were the Hill District, North Side, and Homewood. More than one hundred businesses were either vandalized or looted with arsonists setting 505 fires.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randy-fox/pittsburghs-hill-district-dream_b_1669867.html Pittsburgh's Hill District: The Death Of A Dream The Huffington Post 16 July 2012http://journals.psu.edu/wph/article/viewFile/59171/58896 1968 : The Year That Rocked Pittsburgh Emily Ruby Journals.psu.edu 2016-04-21http://popularpittsburgh.com/history-of-riots-in-pittsburgh/ History of Riots in Pittsburgh 17 June 2015April 2, 2008 MLK riots: 40 years later, turmoil on the Hill stirs memories Pittsburgh Post-Gazette https://www.post-gazette.com/life/lifestyle/2008/04/02/MLK-riots-40-years-later-turmoil-on-the-Hill-stirs-memories/stories/200804020183 August 30, 2022Mellon Steven Routh Julian April 2, 2018 The Week the Hill Rose Up Pittsburgh Post-Gazette https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/the-week-the-hill-rose-up/ July 31, 2022 One person was killed and thirty-six were injured.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randy-fox/pittsburghs-hill-district-dream_b_1669867.html Pittsburgh's Hill District: The Death Of A Dream The Huffington Post 16 July 2012http://journals.psu.edu/wph/article/viewFile/59171/58896 1968 : The Year That Rocked Pittsburgh Emily Ruby Journals.psu.edu 2016-04-21http://popularpittsburgh.com/history-of-riots-in-pittsburgh/ History of Riots in Pittsburgh 17 June 2015April 2, 2008 MLK riots: 40 years later, turmoil on the Hill stirs memories Pittsburgh Post-Gazette https://www.post-gazette.com/life/lifestyle/2008/04/02/MLK-riots-40-years-later-turmoil-on-the-Hill-stirs-memories/stories/200804020183 August 30, 2022Mellon Steven Routh Julian April 2, 2018 The Week the Hill Rose Up Pittsburgh Post-Gazette https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/the-week-the-hill-rose-up/ July 31, 2022 Aftermath After six days, order was finally restored on April 11, with property damage surpassing $600,000 (equivalent to $US 600000 1968 2 in US). One thousand arrests were made by law enforcement. Many of the neighborhoods impacted never fully recovered in the following decades.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randy-fox/pittsburghs-hill-district-dream_b_1669867.html Pittsburgh's Hill District: The Death Of A Dream The Huffington Post 16 July 2012http://journals.psu.edu/wph/article/viewFile/59171/58896 1968 : The Year That Rocked Pittsburgh Emily Ruby Journals.psu.edu 2016-04-21http://popularpittsburgh.com/history-of-riots-in-pittsburgh/ History of Riots in Pittsburgh 17 June 2015April 2, 2008 MLK riots: 40 years later, turmoil on the Hill stirs memories Pittsburgh Post-Gazette https://www.post-gazette.com/life/lifestyle/2008/04/02/MLK-riots-40-years-later-turmoil-on-the-Hill-stirs-memories/stories/200804020183 August 30, 2022Mellon Steven Routh Julian April 2, 2018 The Week the Hill Rose Up Pittsburgh Post-Gazette https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/the-week-the-hill-rose-up/ July 31, 2022 See also List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States Other Civil Rights-Era riots in Pennsylvania 1964 Philadelphia Riot 1969 York Riot References Category:King assassination riots Category:Riots and civil disorder in Pittsburgh Category:1960s in Pittsburgh Category:April 1968 in the United States