05 April, 1968
Washington D.C. is on fire, after riots broke out on 4 April 1968, following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., leader of the civil rights movement, one day earlier in Memphis, Tennessee.
After a day of arson, looting, and violence, U.S. President Johnson called in the federal troops to assist the District police force to restore order, which came eventually on 8 April. By that time, 12 people had been killed and more than a thousand people had been injured. Some 1,200 buildings had been burned, including more than 900 stores.
Frank Hoy
Frank P. Hoy (1935-2001) started his photographic career in 1956 at The Washington Post, where he worked as a staff photographer for 17 years. After teaching photojournalism at S...
