If you could dummy it down a bit.... I lived through those riots as a little 5-year-old white girl near rainbow Beach area.The black rioters spotted me walking home from school and looked the other way. They then proceeded to attack my white neighbor. So I am drawn to any history around that. But like I said I need for it to be dummy down maybe I will investigate to try to understand it all.
I believe you are referring to the riot following MLK's death, I referred to it, but was not there. My understanding is that was one of the worst, if not the worse riot of the many around the country, only Boston escaped a riot and that was because singer James Brown was scheduled that night and he made an announcement that he would play and everyone should come to the concert and worship King's death in song and praise, and apparently he did.
My memories were of the riot that occurred four months at the democratic convention where the police were prepared. No one of course was prepared for what happened on the night on April 4th when King was shot. But the demonstration in August was planned well in advance. But permits were delayed and eventually mostly not granted. Nevertheless people showed up and it was a week long event throughout the convention. I was only there on the final night when Humphrey was nominated. A video from the news that night can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDwKyoSmhow
if you are interested. It is a different perspective than I had being caught in the crowd when the police charged. I'm not sure, which I mentioned, exactly what occurred that initiated the police charge,
Violence is not good, as you noted, your neighbor was attacked. I don't think, in the case of the convention, anyone had totally clean hands. But the anguish that exploded when MLK died, I don't know what to say. I understand pent-up anger and dashed hopes, but how do we address the anger when dreams are destroyed through violence. I don't know. The only thing I have come to believe, is that violence begets more violence and suggest that if there is any role for governments to play , it is to offer the solutions that people seek. But I am not a politician because I have no idea of how to give hope to 350 million people collectively. I throw out suggestions of what I might prefer, but most seem "too far out" to most.
If you could dummy it down a bit.... I lived through those riots as a little 5-year-old white girl near rainbow Beach area.The black rioters spotted me walking home from school and looked the other way. They then proceeded to attack my white neighbor. So I am drawn to any history around that. But like I said I need for it to be dummy down maybe I will investigate to try to understand it all.
I believe you are referring to the riot following MLK's death, I referred to it, but was not there. My understanding is that was one of the worst, if not the worse riot of the many around the country, only Boston escaped a riot and that was because singer James Brown was scheduled that night and he made an announcement that he would play and everyone should come to the concert and worship King's death in song and praise, and apparently he did.
My memories were of the riot that occurred four months at the democratic convention where the police were prepared. No one of course was prepared for what happened on the night on April 4th when King was shot. But the demonstration in August was planned well in advance. But permits were delayed and eventually mostly not granted. Nevertheless people showed up and it was a week long event throughout the convention. I was only there on the final night when Humphrey was nominated. A video from the news that night can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDwKyoSmhow
if you are interested. It is a different perspective than I had being caught in the crowd when the police charged. I'm not sure, which I mentioned, exactly what occurred that initiated the police charge,
Violence is not good, as you noted, your neighbor was attacked. I don't think, in the case of the convention, anyone had totally clean hands. But the anguish that exploded when MLK died, I don't know what to say. I understand pent-up anger and dashed hopes, but how do we address the anger when dreams are destroyed through violence. I don't know. The only thing I have come to believe, is that violence begets more violence and suggest that if there is any role for governments to play , it is to offer the solutions that people seek. But I am not a politician because I have no idea of how to give hope to 350 million people collectively. I throw out suggestions of what I might prefer, but most seem "too far out" to most.