Baltimore '68 Riots and Rebirth Collection       ( BSR)

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The Fire Last Time

WYPR created a five-part radio series that looked at the imapct of the 1968 riots on Baltimore - '68: The Fire Last Time

Part 1:

April 4, 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil unrest that subsequently erupted in 125 cities and towns across the nation, including Baltimore. In the first of this five-part series, ' 68: The Fire Last Time, WYPR looks back at the month leading up to one of the most tumultuous weeks in Baltimore's history. WYPR's Sunni Khalid begins the series.

Part 2:

Some people call it a riot - others refer to it as a citizen uprising . Both terms describe a period of confusion, anger, and tension that engulfed the city in April 1968 following the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Today, in Part 2, a look at the situation which Baltimore faced following the tragic news from Memphis. WYPR's Sunni Khalid continues the series.

Part 3:

The riots subsided within days but their effects linger to this day. Sunni Khalid picks up the story in part three.

Part 4:

The unrest in Baltimore lasted a little longer than three days but during that time, the violence spread over a thousand city blocks. It took the police, National Guard and federal troops and the tireless efforts of community leaders to end the violence. In that week, six people died, 700 were wounded and more than a thousand businesses were destroyed.

Part 5:

In the last of this five-part series, WYPR's Senior News Analyst Fraser Smith leads a panel discussion on the events that occured in Baltimore following the April 1968 assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.