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The Baltimore riots of 1968

In the days following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, riots broke out across the country, including in Baltimore. Local residents confronted soldiers wearing gas masks, a rash of fires swept East and West Baltimore, and businesses were broken into, looted and burned. (Yahoo News/Getty/AP)

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