01100nam a2200265Ia 4500 TVU_9178 210423s9999 xx 000 0 und d 0470177101 9780470177105 eng 973.923 R595 Risen, Clay A America in the wake of the King assassination Clay Risen Hoboken, N.J. John Wiley & Sons 2009 xii, 292 p. 24 cm 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 United States; United States; United States Clay Risen Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh