Nation on Fire America in the Wake of the King Assassination

Name: Nation on Fire America in the Wake of the King Assassination
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ISBN: 9780470177105

ISBN-10: 0470177101

ISBN-13: 9780470177105

Edition: 2009

Authors: Clay Risen

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A few hours after Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated at a Memphis motel, violent mobs had looted and burned several blocks of Washington a few miles north of the White House, centered around the U Street commercial district. Quick action by D.C. police quelled the violence, but shortly before noon the next day, looting and arson broke out anew -- not just along U Street, but in two other commercial districts as well. Over the next several days, the immediate crisis of the riots was matched by an equally ominous sense among the nation's political leadership that they were watching the final dissolution of the 1960s liberal dream. For many whites who watched flames overtake city…

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List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/9/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Preface. Chapter 1: King, Johnson, and the Terrible, Glorious 31st of March. Chapter 2: April 4--Before the Bullet. Chapter 3: April 4--The News Arrives. Chapter 4: April 4--U and 14th. Chapter 5: April 5--Midnight Interlude. Chapter 6: April 5--"Any Man's Death Diminishes Me". Chapter 7: April 5--"Once That Line Has Been Crossed". Chapter 8: April 5--Official Disorder on Top of Civil Disorder. Chapter 9: April 5--The Occupation of Washington. Chapter 10: April 5--There Are No Ghettos in Chicago. Chapter 11: April 6--Roadblocks. Chapter 12: April 6--An Eruption in Baltimore. Chapter 13: April 7--Palm Sunday. Chapter 14: April 8--Bluff City on Edge. Chapter 15: April 9--A Country Rent…