April 5, 1968: 53 years ago, Apr 5 1968, 6000 people gathered in San Francisco's Civic [...]
53 years ago, Apr 5 1968, 6000 people gathered in San Francisco’s Civic Center to mourn Martin Luther King, Jr, who had been murdered the previous day. Following the memorial, 1750 police were deployed downtown as “young Negroes swarm[ed]” Market St, smashing windows and looting Majority-Black high schools were closed …
April 5, 1968: 56 years ago, April 5 1968, thousands of people gathered in San [...]
56 years ago, April 5 1968, thousands of people gathered in San Francisco’s Civic Center to mourn Martin Luther King, Jr, who had been murdered the previous day. Following the memorial, nearly two thousand police were deployed downtown to Market St where a riot ensued Majority-Black high schools were closed …
April 6, 1968: 56 years ago, April 6 1968, Oakland police murdered 17-year-old Black [...]
56 years ago, April 6 1968, Oakland police murdered 17-year-old Black Panther Party member Lil’ Bobby Hutton, the party’s first recruit and treasurer, just weeks before his 18th birthday On April 6, cops filled the streets of West Oakland following a day of riots over the assassination of Martin Luther …
April 13, 1968: 56 years ago, Apr 13 1968, the Peace & Freedom Party led a Lil’ Bobby [...]
56 years ago, Apr 13 1968, the Peace & Freedom Party led a Lil’ Bobby Hutton memorial march to the Alameda County Courthouse, where Huey P. Newton was being held on charges of murdering a policeman. The demonstrators were saluted with “V” signs by courthouse prisoners The march was led …
April 19, 1968: 56 years ago, April 18 1968, marked the end of a 3-day insurrection at the [...]
56 years ago, April 18 1968, marked the end of a 3-day insurrection at the El Pueblo housing project in Pittsburg. After police arrested several Black men for shooting dice, a crowd attacked them with rocks and bottles. When reinforcements arrived, they were met with sniper fire For those three …