Forty Years Later? The legacy of the Washington D.C. Riots of 1968

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Permalink Reply by John Antonelli on August 25, 2009 at 12:47pm

Does anything ever come of a riot. You trash your own neighborhood and then you have to live in it. Some parts are just recovering now.

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Permalink Reply by Brendan Sweeney (WAMU 88.5) on August 25, 2009 at 5:28pm

Hi,

Thanks so much for flagging your site and your recollections. I helped produce our series of shows on the riots, and found it to be completely fascinating (and useful for understanding some aspects of the present). The images are also quite striking. Where did you come across them?

Cheers,
Brendan (Kojo Nnamdi Show Producer)

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Permalink Reply by Diane Vogel on August 26, 2009 at 2:48pm

Thanks Noah for your link -- and for telling us your story.

I hope Brendan won't mind me using this space to give him a shout out -- and to recommend everyone interested in DC History (and even those who aren't) listen to -- DC Riots: 40 Years After (4/2/09) and The DC Riots: Rebuilding Communities (4/9/09).

The two show Brendan produced won an award this year from the National Association of Black Journalists. We hope you'll also check out our additional online resources, photo galleries, and extended interviews at the same website.

As with all things: the more you learn, the more you realize you don't know.

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Permalink Reply by Noah Joshua Giron on August 31, 2009 at 3:13pm

There were from free pictures I came across on the net, We don't know how close we came to spark racial civil war.

Brendan Sweeney (WAMU 88.5) said:

Hi,

Thanks so much for flagging your site and your recollections. I helped produce our series of shows on the riots, and found it to be completely fascinating (and useful for understanding some aspects of the present). The images are also quite striking. Where did you come across them?

Cheers,
Brendan (Kojo Nnamdi Show Producer)

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Permalink Reply by Noah Joshua Giron on August 31, 2009 at 3:35pm

After some research I come to realize that there were some legitimate protestors. However, after the igniting news of the Luther King Jr. shooting, teenagers and hoods alike began to take advantage of creating a chaotic atomosphere and indulging in looting and destruction of business.

John Antonelli said:

Does anything ever come of a riot. You trash your own neighborhood and then you have to live in it. Some parts are just recovering now.

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Permalink Reply by NIcola on October 16, 2009 at 11:58am

Hi Noah,

I'm a web developer and recently set up a blog site for a client named Larry Rosen, he's an 86 year old man that is writing his memoirs of wash dc in the 1950's and 60's. he used to own a drug store in dc and it was burned down by the 1968 dc riots, I thought you might want to take a look at his website, he welcomes anyone interested to comment or chat with him about it, you'll see video footage and more dc riot photos on his blog too. http://larryrosen.org/about/

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Permalink Reply by Noah Joshua Giron on October 18, 2009 at 12:23am

Thank you, will check it the website out

NIcola said:

Hi Noah,

I'm a web developer and recently set up a blog site for a client named Larry Rosen, he's an 86 year old man that is writing his memoirs of wash dc in the 1950's and 60's. he used to own a drug store in dc and it was burned down by the 1968 dc riots, I thought you might want to take a look at his website, he welcomes anyone interested to comment or chat with him about it, you'll see video footage and more dc riot photos on his blog too. http://larryrosen.org/about/

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