When the Smoke Cleared: The 1968 Rebellions and the Unfinished Battle for Civil Rights in the Nation's Capital Sommers Kyla
When the Smoke Cleared: The 1968 Rebellions and the Unfinished Battle for Civil Rights in the Nation's Capital Sommers Kyla Echoing James Forman Jr.'s Locking Up Our Own, a riveting story of race,…
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When the Smoke Cleared: The 1968 Rebellions and the Unfinished Battle for Civil Rights in the Nation's Capital Sommers Kyla
Echoing James Forman Jr.'s Locking Up Our Own, a riveting story of race, civil rights, and rebellion in Washington, DCIn April 1968, following the murder of Martin Luther King Jr., a wave of uprisings swept across America. The nation's capital was shaken to its foundations.When the Smoke Cleared tells the story of the Washingtonians who seized the moment to rebuild a more just society, one that would protect and foster Black political and economic power. None was more visible--or resulted in more property damage, arrests, or federal troop involvement--than in Washington, DC, where thousands took to the streets in protest against racial inequality, looting and burning businesses in the process.
A riveting account of activism, urban reimagination, and political transformation, Kyla Sommer's revealing and deeply researched narrative is