1968 Riots

Today our hosts we took a walk to a restaurant called Annie's. Along the way, we walked through the area where the 1968 riots occurred in Washington, D.C. The Washington, D.C. riots of April 4–8, 1968 erupted with the April 4, 1968 assassination of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

You can learn more here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Washington,_D.C._riots

To show how times have changed, Ed and John told us joyous residents flooded the streets for peaceful celebrations when Obama was declared the winner on election night.



Here's video and a photo of Mark and me outside the Marion Barry Center on the corner.