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D.C. Riots
Locals recall fateful day: ‘My mom and dad were both crying’
- The depth of the pain caused by Martin Luther King Jr.’s death can be vividly recalled by many who lived in the District 40 years ago.
- The depth of the pain caused by Martin Luther King Jr.’s death can be vividly recalled by many who lived in the District 40 years ago.
40 years since D.C burned
- Forty years ago tonight, Rick Lee and his mother stood guard inside the family’s flower shop on U Street, shielded from the rioting outside by a 12-gauge shotgun and a sign in the window marking the business as black-owned: “Soul Brother.”
- Forty years ago tonight, Rick Lee and his mother stood guard inside the family’s flower shop on U Street, shielded from the rioting outside by a 12-gauge shotgun and a sign in the window marking the business as black-owned: “Soul Brother.”
