1968 Kansas City, Missouri, riot

1968 Kansas City riot
Part of the King assassination riots
DateApril 9–10, 1968
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Caused byAssassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Parties
civilians
Casualties
Death(s)6 civilians[1]
Injuries~40 civilians[1][2]
26 officers
ArrestedBetween 300[3] and 1,042[1]

The 1968 Kansas City riot occurred in Kansas City, Missouri, in April 1968. Kansas City became one of 37 cities in the United States to be the subject of rioting after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The rioting in Kansas City did not erupt on April 4, like other cities of the United States affected directly by the assassination, but rather on April 9 after local events within the city.[4][5]

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  3. ^ "Strife in the Streets: Kansas City Remembers 1968". Kansas City Public Library. 2018-03-26. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  4. ^ Rhodes, Joel P. (2001). "It Finally Happened Here: The 1968 Riot in Kansas City, Missouri". The Voice of Violence: Performative Violence as Protest in the Vietnam Era. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 25–31. ISBN 0-275-97055-8 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Burnes, Brian; Rice, Glenn E. (August 10, 2007). "Riots of 1968 were a watershed moment for KC". Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on April 9, 2008. Retrieved April 12, 2008.