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Sun coverage: 1968 Baltimore riots

A demonstration at Coppin State during the 1968 riots. (Sun photo by William L. LaForce / April 5, 1968)

Multimedia: 1968 Baltimore Riots

Recollections of the riots
Some who lived through the unrest after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. tell their stories.
• Audio: In their own words

Photo galleries
• 1968 Baltimore City riots
• A look back, four decades later
• Living through the unrest
• Four teens transformed

Video
Footage from the 1968 riots; plus former Mayor Thomas J. D'Alesandro III looks back, and a Baltimore resident shares her recollections

Interactive
View maps of fires, looting and other disturbances during the riots

University of Baltimore resources
• Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth
• Timeline
• Driving tour
• Transcripts of oral histories
• Reports and documents