1968 Washington, D.C. riots

four-day period of violent civil unrest and rioting following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr
Event riot Q4573266
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1968 Washington, D.C. riots

Summary

1968 Washington, D.C. riots is a riot[1]. It draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (riot category, ranking #91 of 347).[2]

Key Facts

  • 1968 Washington, D.C. riots is located in Washington, D.C.[3].
  • 1968 Washington, D.C. riots is in the country of United States[4].
  • 1968 Washington, D.C. riots's image is recorded as D.C. riot. April '68. Aftermath 19733v.jpg[5].
  • 1968 Washington, D.C. riots's instance of is recorded as riot[6].
  • 1968 Washington, D.C. riots's part of is recorded as King assassination riots[7].
  • 1968 Washington, D.C. riots's start time is recorded as +1968-04-04T00:00:00Z[8].
  • 1968 Washington, D.C. riots's end time is recorded as +1968-04-08T00:00:00Z[9].
  • 1968 Washington, D.C. riots's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 38.9169, 'longitude': -77.0319, 'precision': 0.05772804924505}[10].
  • 1968 Washington, D.C. riots's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05vrdm[11].
  • 1968 Washington, D.C. riots's has cause is recorded as assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.[12].
  • 1968 Washington, D.C. riots's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[13].
  • 1968 Washington, D.C. riots's Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present entry ID is recorded as 1231[14].

Why It Matters

1968 Washington, D.C. riots draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (riot category, ranking #91 of 347).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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