Here is a series of amazing photos that we came across on Flickr showing the 1968 riots in D.C. We’ve posted some stuff on the riots in the past, like this film clip, and these photos.
Tivoli Theater
Here is a photo showing the Tivoli Theater after the riots.
Across from the theater
This is the building across from the Tivoli Theater.
Down 14th St. NW
You’re looking down 14th St. in this photo, standing on the west side of the street.
14th and Kenyon
This is 14th and Kenyon, the epicenter of the Columbia Heights renaissance today.
14th and Columbia
Below is a shot of the building on the northwest corner of 14th and Columbia, where the 7-Eleven is today.
We have a lot of cool stuff posted about Columbia Heights. Make sure you check them out. At Thomas Circle, Luther Place Memorial Church kept its doors open for three days and sheltered more than 10,000 displaced residents. The riots also transformed the lower stretch of 14th Street NW, which is a whole other story.
You have to check out this guy’s Flickr album from the riots. They’re really incredible. He also has a ton of amazing old photos that you should check out.
Source: Posthumous DCC
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Tom, I have to ask you a question. Did you run pictures of the 1968 riot aftermath when all the riots were happening in recent years in Ferguson; in Baltimore; in one city after another in the past several years? Because you chose to re-run the picture of the Klan marching in DC in the 1920’s on the same day that turmoil was occurring . What one chooses to do and when they choose to do it speaks volumes about the person. Your site, I realize, but somehow I didn’t think it was just another platform for indoctrination. Very unimpressed and I have been delighted in your previous coverage. Maybe I just missed a time when you were actually balanced in your choices. Looking forward to an answer.
Mia Kulper, What kind of bullshit question is that ? The pics are of history that occurred in D.C. Photographs of history of ONE CITY. The other cities have no bearing on this. You need to keep your personality judgements and political views out of this.
Excuse me, Mr. Fulcher. I addressed the question at Tom for the specified reason that he ran a KKK march photo on Ghosts of DC the same time that the Charlottesville spin was happening in 2017. So, it was a very pertinent question. The KKK picture raised comparisons to Charlottesville.. I was simply asking if a historical site was sticking to history and not editorializing with a bias. His site – his decision but don’t you berate me, you impudent fool, for asking someone else a question. Typical offended “liberal” that handles any sort of comment that violates his own little closed-minded world with obscenities and rage, Go read a history book and freshen yourself on the freedom of speech and the marketplace of ideas.
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John only wants HIS personality judgments and political views to go unquestioned
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