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King Jr.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Methods</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Rioting, race riots, protests, looting, attacks</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#CEE0F2;">Parties</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><table style="width:100%; border-spacing:0; margin:0; text-align:left; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%;"><div> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 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Detroit riot">Detroit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_New_York_City_riot" title="1968 New York City riot">New York City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Tallahassee_riots" title="1968 Tallahassee riots">Tallahassee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Washington,_D.C.,_riots" title="1968 Washington, D.C., riots">Washington, D.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_Charlotte_riots&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 Charlotte riots (page does not exist)">Charlotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Chicago_riots" title="1968 Chicago riots">Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_Norfolk_riots&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 Norfolk riots (page does not exist)">Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Pittsburgh_riots" title="1968 Pittsburgh riots">Pittsburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_Jacksonville_riots&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 Jacksonville riots (page does not exist)">Jacksonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Baltimore_riots" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 Baltimore riots">Baltimore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Kansas_City_riot" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 Kansas City riot">Kansas City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilmington_riot_of_1968" title="Wilmington riot of 1968">Wilmington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Louisville_riots" title="1968 Louisville riots">Louisville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>Baltimore riot of 1968</b> was a period of civil unrest that lasted from April 6 to April 14, 1968, in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>. The uprising included crowds filling the streets, burning and looting local businesses, and confronting the police and national guard. </p><p>The immediate cause of the riot was the April 4 <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.">assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.</a> in <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a>, which triggered unrest in <a href="/wiki/King-assassination_riots" class="mw-redirect" title="King-assassination riots">over 100 cities</a> across the United States. These events are sometimes described as the Holy Week Uprising.<sup id="cite_ref-Balt68Levy_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balt68Levy-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Spiro_Agnew" title="Spiro Agnew">Spiro Agnew</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maryland" title="Governor of Maryland">Governor of Maryland</a>, called out thousands of <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="United States National Guard">National Guard</a> troops and 500 Maryland State Police to quell the disturbance. When it was determined that the state forces could not control the rebellion, Agnew requested Federal troops from President <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baltimore_riot_of_1968&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Between World War II and 1968, Baltimore had changed demographically. The total population remained constant, but the black percentage of the total population had grown, while other populations shrank (a shift of 200,000 people). Black communities had sub-par housing, high rates of <a href="/wiki/Infant_mortality" title="Infant mortality">infant mortality</a>, and more crime. They also suffered disproportionately from the decline in Baltimore's <a href="/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing">manufacturing</a> sector. Black unemployment was more than double the national rate, and even higher in especially poor communities. Those who did have jobs were paid less and worked in unsafe conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-Balt68Levy_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balt68Levy-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Course_of_events">Course of events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baltimore_riot_of_1968&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Course of events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the spread of civil disturbances across the nation, Maryland National Guard troops were called up for state duty on April 5, 1968, in anticipation of disturbances in Baltimore or the suburban portions of Maryland bordering Washington, D.C.<sup id="cite_ref-Risen2009ch9_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen2009ch9-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Black Baltimore was quiet on April 5, despite riots in nearby <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-Timeline_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Timeline-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One white student at <a href="/wiki/UMBC" class="mw-redirect" title="UMBC">UMBC</a> reported a quiet scene, with noticeable sadness, but little violence or unrest: April 5, "in many cases, was just another day".<sup id="cite_ref-Balt68Carney_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balt68Carney-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baltimore remained peaceful into the day on April 6. Three hundred people gathered peacefully around noon for a memorial service, which lasted until 2 p.m. without incident. Street traffic began to increase. A crowd formed on <a href="/wiki/Gay_Street_(Baltimore)" title="Gay Street (Baltimore)">Gay St.</a> in East Baltimore, and by 5 p.m. some windows on the 400 block had been smashed. Police began to move in. People began to report fires after 6 p.m. Soon after, the city declared a 10 p.m. curfew and called in 6,000 troops from the national guard. Sales of alcohol and firearms were immediately banned.<sup id="cite_ref-Timeline_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Timeline-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this point, some reports described about a thousand people in the crowd, which moved north on Gay St. up to <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_147" title="Maryland Route 147">Harford Rd.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Route_45" title="Maryland Route 45">Greenmount Ave</a>. Mayor <a href="/wiki/Thomas_D%27Alesandro_III" title="Thomas D'Alesandro III">Thomas D'Alesandro III</a> was unable to respond effectively. Around 8 p.m., Governor Agnew declared a <a href="/wiki/State_of_emergency" title="State of emergency">state of emergency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Balt68Levy_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balt68Levy-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many Black Businesses managed to avoid the destruction by painting the words "Soul Brother" on their doors or windows, and the rioters knew not to attack that business.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the morning of April 7, reports to the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> described five deaths, 300 fires, and 404 arrests. Unrest also broke out on <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Avenue_(Baltimore)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Avenue (Baltimore)">Pennsylvania Ave</a> in West Baltimore.<sup id="cite_ref-Balt68Levy_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balt68Levy-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At one point, <a href="/wiki/White_people" title="White people">white</a> counter-rioters assembled near <a href="/wiki/Patterson_Park" title="Patterson Park">Patterson Park</a>; they dispersed after National Guard troops prevented them from entering a black neighborhood.<sup id="cite_ref-Balt68Levy_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balt68Levy-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Violence decreased after April 9, and the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> played their opening game the next day, though the April 12 <a href="/wiki/James_Brown" title="James Brown">James Brown</a> concert remained canceled.<sup id="cite_ref-Balt68Levy_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balt68Levy-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the afternoon of April 9, federal troops dispersed crowds at a permitted peace rally, apparently unaware that General Gelston had issued a permit for the event. The situation was defused by Major William "Box" Harris, the highest-ranking police officer in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-Balt68Levy_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balt68Levy-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_response">Military response</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baltimore_riot_of_1968&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Military response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When violent protest broke out in Baltimore on April 6, nearly the entire <a href="/wiki/Maryland_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Maryland National Guard">Maryland National Guard</a>, both Army and Air, were called up to deal with the unrest. The notable exceptions were the state's air defense units (which manned surface-to-air missile sites around the state), those units already on duty in the Washington, D.C., area, and a unit positioned in <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Maryland" title="Cambridge, Maryland">Cambridge, Maryland</a> (the site of race riots in 1963 and 1967). The Adjutant General of Maryland, Major General George M. Gelston, commanded the National Guard force and also was given control of local and state police forces in the city (approximately 1,900 police officers).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The combined National Guard and police force proved unable to contain the uprising. On Sunday, April 7, federal troops were requested, and the President invoked the <a href="/wiki/Insurrection_Act_of_1807" title="Insurrection Act of 1807">Insurrection Act of 1807</a>. Late that evening, elements of the <a href="/wiki/XVIII_Airborne_Corps" title="XVIII Airborne Corps">XVIII Airborne Corps</a> at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Bragg,_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Bragg, North Carolina">Fort Bragg, North Carolina</a>, began arriving on the scene, while several Marine units from Camp Lejeune were put on <i>standby</i> status. With the intervention of federal forces, the Maryland National Guard was called into federal duty, resulting in a shift from state control (reporting to the Governor of Maryland) to federal control (reporting through the Army chain of command to the President). The federal force, Task Force Baltimore, was organized into three brigades and a reserve. These were (roughly), the XVIII Airborne Corps troops, the Maryland National Guard, and troops from the <a href="/wiki/197th_Infantry_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="197th Infantry Brigade">197th Infantry Brigade</a> from <a href="/wiki/Fort_Benning,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Benning, Georgia">Fort Benning, Georgia</a> (which arrived two days later). The 1,300 troops of the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Air_National_Guard" title="Maryland Air National Guard">Maryland Air National Guard</a> were organized in a provisional battalion and used to guard critical infrastructure throughout the city, as well as an ad hoc detention facility at the Baltimore Civic Center.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Task Force Baltimore peaked at 11,570 Army and National Guard troops on April 9, of which all but about 500 were committed to riot control duties.<sup id="cite_ref-Scheips,_Paul_J._1992._p.332_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scheips,_Paul_J._1992._p.332-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unrest continued for several days as the Task Force sought to reassert control. Early on April 12, federal troops began to depart and by 6 p.m. that evening responsibility for riot control returned to the National Guard. At midnight Task Force Baltimore ceased to exist and the remainder of federal troops were withdrawn. Maryland National Guard troops remained on duty in the city until April 14, when Agnew declared the emergency over and sent them home.<sup id="cite_ref-Scheips,_Paul_J._1992._p.332_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scheips,_Paul_J._1992._p.332-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After action reports credited both the National Guard and active Army forces for being extremely disciplined and restrained in dealing with the disturbance, with only four shots fired by National Guard troops and two by active Army troops.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These forces had received orders to avoid firing their weapons, as part of an intentional strategy to decrease fatalities.<sup id="cite_ref-Balt68Levy_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balt68Levy-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A total of 10,956 troops had been deployed.<sup id="cite_ref-Balt68Levy_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balt68Levy-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Organization_of_Task_Force_Baltimore">Organization of Task Force Baltimore</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baltimore_riot_of_1968&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Organization of Task Force Baltimore"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Task Force XVIII Abcar <ul><li>4th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/39th_Field_Artillery_Regiment" title="39th Field Artillery Regiment">39th Artillery Regiment</a></li> <li>4th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/73rd_Field_Artillery_Regiment" title="73rd Field Artillery Regiment">73rd Artillery Regiment</a></li> <li>47th Engineer Battalion</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/197th_Infantry_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="197th Infantry Brigade">Task Force 197</a> <ul><li>1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/29th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="29th Infantry Regiment (United States)">29th Infantry Regiment</a></li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/58th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="58th Infantry Regiment (United States)">58th Infantry Regiment</a></li> <li>5th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/31st_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="31st Infantry Regiment (United States)">31st Infantry Regiment</a></li></ul></li> <li>Task Force Oscar<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Task Force Emergency Headquarters Brigade <ul><li>Headquarters and Headquarters Company, EOH</li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/175th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="175th Infantry Regiment (United States)">175th Infantry Regiment</a></li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/115th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="115th Infantry Regiment (United States)">115th Infantry Regiment</a> (later detached to TF Abcar)</li> <li>729th Maintenance Battalion (Now 729th Support Battalion, MDARNG)</li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/110th_Information_Operations_Battalion" title="110th Information Operations Battalion">110th Field Artillery Regiment</a></li> <li>C Company, 728th Maintenance Battalion</li> <li>110th Collection, Classification and Salvage Company</li> <li>B Company, <a href="/wiki/19th_Special_Forces_Group" title="19th Special Forces Group">19th Special Forces Group</a></li> <li>C Company, 103rd Medical Battalion</li> <li>1204th Transportation Company</li></ul></li> <li>Task Force Third Brigade <ul><li>Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade</li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/175th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="175th Infantry Regiment (United States)">175th Infantry Regiment</a></li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/115th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="115th Infantry Regiment (United States)">115th Infantry Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/121st_Engineer_Battalion_(United_States)" title="121st Engineer Battalion (United States)">121st Engineer Battalion</a></li> <li>Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 115th Military Police Battalion</li> <li>200th Military Police Company</li> <li>1229th Transportation Company</li> <li>B Troop, 1st Squadron, 223rd Cavalry</li> <li>C Company, 103rd Engineer Battalion</li> <li>Admin Section, 28th Admin Company</li></ul></li> <li>Task Force Troops <ul><li><a href="/wiki/135th_Airlift_Group" title="135th Airlift Group">135th Air Commando Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/175th_Wing" title="175th Wing">175th Tactical Fighter Group</a></li> <li>136th Evacuation Hospital</li> <li>D Troop, 1st Squadron, 223rd Cavalry</li> <li>229th Army Band</li> <li>29th Military Police Company</li> <li>2nd Platoon, 28th Military Police Company</li> <li>2nd Platoon, B Company, 228th Supply and Transportation Battalion</li> <li>2nd Forward Supply Section, A Company, 228th Supply and Transportation Battalion</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Other participating forces: <ul><li>50th Signal Battalion</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Outcome">Outcome</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baltimore_riot_of_1968&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Outcome"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Damage">Damage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baltimore_riot_of_1968&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Damage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the next few days,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (May 2020)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> six people died, 700 were injured, and 5,800 were arrested. One thousand small businesses were damaged or robbed.<sup id="cite_ref-Sun3April_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sun3April-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Property damages, assessed financially, were more severe in DC ($15 million), Baltimore ($12 million), and Chicago ($10 million) than in any other cities.<sup id="cite_ref-Balt68Levy_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balt68Levy-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, an active Army soldier died in a traffic crash while redeploying from the city. Rioters set more than 1,200 fires during the disturbance. Damage was estimated at over $12 million (equivalent to $77.5 million today). </p><p>Of the arrests, 3,488 were for curfew violations, 955 for burglary, 665 for looting, 391 for assault, and five for arson.<sup id="cite_ref-Scheips,_Paul_J._1992._p.332_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scheips,_Paul_J._1992._p.332-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legacy">Legacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baltimore_riot_of_1968&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the major outcomes of the uprising was the attention Agnew received when he criticized local black leaders for not doing enough to help stop the disturbance. These statements caught the attention of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>, who was looking for someone on his ticket who could counter <a href="/wiki/George_Wallace" title="George Wallace">George Wallace's</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Independent_Party" title="American Independent Party">American Independent Party</a> third party campaign. Agnew became Nixon's vice presidential running mate in <a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election" title="1968 United States presidential election">1968</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The uprising had broken out mainly in the black neighborhoods of East and West Baltimore<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in which extensive property damage and looting occurred. Many of the businesses destroyed in the uprising were located along the main commercial avenues of the neighborhoods and were often owned by Baltimore Jews.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Media and academic coverage of the events has been thin, partly because the event remains emotional for those involved.<sup id="cite_ref-Balt68Elfeinbein_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balt68Elfeinbein-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2008, for the fortieth anniversary of the events, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Baltimore" title="University of Baltimore">University of Baltimore</a> organized an exhibit, "Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth." It utilized <a href="/wiki/Oral_history" title="Oral history">oral history</a> testimonies from people who lived through the unrest. It was the first major academic project to focus on these events.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baltimore_riot_of_1968&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Baltimore#1968_riots" title="History of Baltimore">History of Baltimore#1968 riots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_civil_unrest_in_Baltimore" title="List of incidents of civil unrest in Baltimore">List of incidents of civil unrest in Baltimore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_civil_unrest_in_the_United_States" title="List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States">List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States</a></li> <li><i><b><small><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="seal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Seal_of_Baltimore%2C_Maryland.png/21px-Seal_of_Baltimore%2C_Maryland.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Seal_of_Baltimore%2C_Maryland.png/31px-Seal_of_Baltimore%2C_Maryland.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Seal_of_Baltimore%2C_Maryland.png/41px-Seal_of_Baltimore%2C_Maryland.png 2x" data-file-width="214" data-file-height="290" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Baltimore" title="Portal:Baltimore">Baltimore portal</a></small></b></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px 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(2011). "The Dream Deferred: The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Holy Week Uprisings of 1968". In Jessica I. Elfenbein; Thomas L. Hollowak; Elizabeth M. Nix (eds.). <i>Baltimore '68 : riots and rebirth in an American city</i>. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4399-0662-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4399-0662-0"><bdi>978-1-4399-0662-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Dream+Deferred%3A+The+Assassination+of+Martin+Luther+King%2C+Jr.%2C+and+the+Holy+Week+Uprisings+of+1968&rft.btitle=Baltimore+%2768+%3A+riots+and+rebirth+in+an+American+city&rft.place=Philadelphia&rft.pub=Temple+University+Press&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-4399-0662-0&rft.aulast=Levy&rft.aufirst=Peter+B.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABaltimore+riot+of+1968" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Risen2009ch9-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Risen2009ch9_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRisen2009" class="citation book cs1">Risen, Clay (2009). "April 5: 'The Occupation of Washington'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>". <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/nationonfireamer00rise"><i>A nation on fire : America in the wake of the King assassination</i></a></span>. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-470-17710-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-470-17710-5"><bdi>978-0-470-17710-5</bdi></a>. <q>Long before rioting broke out in Baltimore, Governor Spiro Agnew and his staff worried that their biggest threat came from Washington; at 11:00 P.M. on Friday, he alerted the Maryland National Guard and called General George Gelston to duty, deploying him not to Baltimore but to the state armory in Silver Spring, a D.C. suburb. The Guard even had an emergency plan, Operation Tango, for riots that spread north from the District.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=April+5%3A+%27The+Occupation+of+Washington%27&rft.btitle=A+nation+on+fire+%3A+America+in+the+wake+of+the+King+assassination&rft.place=Hoboken%2C+N.J.&rft.pub=John+Wiley+%26+Sons&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0-470-17710-5&rft.aulast=Risen&rft.aufirst=Clay&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fnationonfireamer00rise&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABaltimore+riot+of+1968" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Timeline-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Timeline_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Timeline_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFeinstein" class="citation web cs1">Feinstein, Barbara. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archives.ubalt.edu/bsr/timeline/timeline.html">"Baltimore '68 Events Timeline"</a>. <i>Baltimore 68: Riot & Rebirth</i>. University of Baltimore<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baltimore+68%3A+Riot+%26+Rebirth&rft.atitle=Baltimore+%2768+Events+Timeline&rft.aulast=Feinstein&rft.aufirst=Barbara&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farchives.ubalt.edu%2Fbsr%2Ftimeline%2Ftimeline.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABaltimore+riot+of+1968" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Balt68Carney-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Balt68Carney_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCarney2011" class="citation book cs1">Carney, Thomas (2011). "6. Thomas Carney: Oral History; edited by Linda Shopes". In Jessica I. Elfenbein; Thomas L. Hollowak; Elizabeth M. Nix (eds.). <i>Baltimore '68 : riots and rebirth in an American city</i>. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4399-0662-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4399-0662-0"><bdi>978-1-4399-0662-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=6.+Thomas+Carney%3A+Oral+History%3B+edited+by+Linda+Shopes&rft.btitle=Baltimore+%2768+%3A+riots+and+rebirth+in+an+American+city&rft.place=Philadelphia&rft.pub=Temple+University+Press&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-4399-0662-0&rft.aulast=Carney&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABaltimore+riot+of+1968" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtgJVxgiLkk&t=1348s">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"1968 Baltimore Riots WJZ-TV Raw Footage Reel."<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>Youtube</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 October</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Youtube&rft.atitle=%221968+Baltimore+Riots+WJZ-TV+Raw+Footage+Reel.%22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGtgJVxgiLkk%26t%3D1348s&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABaltimore+riot+of+1968" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFScheips,_Paul_J." class="citation book cs1">Scheips, Paul J. <i>The role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1945-1992</i>. United States Army Center of Military History. p. 318.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+role+of+Federal+Military+Forces+in+Domestic+Disorders%2C+1945-1992&rft.pages=318&rft.pub=United+States+Army+Center+of+Military+History&rft.au=Scheips%2C+Paul+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABaltimore+riot+of+1968" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMinami,_Wayde_R." class="citation news cs1">Minami, Wayde R. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110722180557/http://www.175wg.ang.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123191607">"Baltimore Riot Was Maryland Air Guard's Largest Mobilization"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.175wg.ang.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123191607">the original</a> on 2011-07-22<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-03-05</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Baltimore+Riot+Was+Maryland+Air+Guard%27s+Largest+Mobilization&rft.au=Minami%2C+Wayde+R.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.175wg.ang.af.mil%2Fnews%2Fstory.asp%3Fid%3D123191607&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABaltimore+riot+of+1968" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Scheips,_Paul_J._1992._p.332-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Scheips,_Paul_J._1992._p.332_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Scheips,_Paul_J._1992._p.332_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Scheips,_Paul_J._1992._p.332_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFScheips,_Paul_J" class="citation book cs1">Scheips, Paul J. <i>The role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1945-1992</i>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Center_of_Military_History" title="United States Army Center of Military History">United States Army Center of Military History</a>. p. 332.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+role+of+Federal+Military+Forces+in+Domestic+Disorders%2C+1945-1992&rft.pages=332&rft.pub=United+States+Army+Center+of+Military+History&rft.au=Scheips%2C+Paul+J&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABaltimore+riot+of+1968" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFScheips,_Paul_J." class="citation book cs1">Scheips, Paul J. <i>The role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1945-1992</i>. United States Army Center of Military History. p. 333.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+role+of+Federal+Military+Forces+in+Domestic+Disorders%2C+1945-1992&rft.pages=333&rft.pub=United+States+Army+Center+of+Military+History&rft.au=Scheips%2C+Paul+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABaltimore+riot+of+1968" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">OPLAN 2, TF Oscar, 131500 Apr 68</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sun3April-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Sun3April_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarriss1998" class="citation news cs1">Harriss, Margery (3 April 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/1998/04/03/recalling-baltimores-1968-riots/">"Recalling Baltimore's 1968 Riots"</a>. <i>Baltimore Sun</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Baltimore+Sun&rft.atitle=Recalling+Baltimore%27s+1968+Riots&rft.date=1998-04-03&rft.aulast=Harriss&rft.aufirst=Margery&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2F1998%2F04%2F03%2Frecalling-baltimores-1968-riots%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABaltimore+riot+of+1968" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWitcover1972" class="citation book cs1">Witcover, Jules (1972). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/whiteknightriseo0000witc"><i>White Knight: The Rise of Spiro Agnew</i></a></span>. New York: Random House. p. 14. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-394-47216-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-394-47216-4"><bdi>978-0-394-47216-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=White+Knight%3A+The+Rise+of+Spiro+Agnew&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=14&rft.pub=Random+House&rft.date=1972&rft.isbn=978-0-394-47216-4&rft.aulast=Witcover&rft.aufirst=Jules&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwhiteknightriseo0000witc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABaltimore+riot+of+1968" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archives.ubalt.edu/bsr/timeline.htm">"Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth"</a>. <i>archives.ubalt.edu</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">Oct 20,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=archives.ubalt.edu&rft.atitle=Baltimore+%2768%3A+Riots+and+Rebirth&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farchives.ubalt.edu%2Fbsr%2Ftimeline.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABaltimore+riot+of+1968" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Balt68Elfeinbein-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Balt68Elfeinbein_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFElfeinbein2011" class="citation book cs1">Elfeinbein, Jessica I. (2011). "Preface". In Jessica I. Elfenbein; Thomas L. Hollowak; Elizabeth M. Nix (eds.). <i>Baltimore '68: riots and rebirth in an American city</i>. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4399-0662-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4399-0662-0"><bdi>978-1-4399-0662-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Preface&rft.btitle=Baltimore+%2768%3A+riots+and+rebirth+in+an+American+city&rft.place=Philadelphia&rft.pub=Temple+University+Press&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-4399-0662-0&rft.aulast=Elfeinbein&rft.aufirst=Jessica+I.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABaltimore+riot+of+1968" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFoxIllariElfenbein2009" class="citation journal cs1">Fox, Amy Killpatrick; Illari, Jason; Elfenbein, Jessica (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/42654239">"Award Winner Spotlight: Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth"</a>. <i>History News</i>. <b>64</b> (4): <span class="nowrap">28–</span>29. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0363-7492">0363-7492</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=History+News&rft.atitle=Award+Winner+Spotlight%3A+Baltimore+%2768%3A+Riots+and+Rebirth&rft.volume=64&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E28-%3C%2Fspan%3E29&rft.date=2009&rft.issn=0363-7492&rft.aulast=Fox&rft.aufirst=Amy+Killpatrick&rft.au=Illari%2C+Jason&rft.au=Elfenbein%2C+Jessica&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F42654239&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABaltimore+riot+of+1968" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baltimore_riot_of_1968&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Levy, Peter B. "The Dream Deferred: The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Holy Week Uprisings of 1968," <i>Maryland Historical Magazine</i> (2013) 108#1 pp 57–78.</li> <li>Minami, Wayde R. <b>Baltimore Riot Was Maryland Air Guard's Largest Mobilization</b>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110722180557/http://www.175wg.ang.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123191607">Online</a></li> <li>Nix, Elizabeth, and Jessica Elfenbein, eds., <i>Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth in an American City</i> (2011), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/Baltimore-68-Riots-Rebirth-American-ebook/dp/B006JY2I2E/">excerpt</a></li> <li>Peterson, John J. <b>Into the Cauldron</b>, Clavier House, 1973</li> <li>Scheips, Paul J. <b>The role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1945–1992.</b> United States Army Center of Military History.</li> <li>Ross Jr., Joseph B. <b>In the Shadows of the Flames - Baltimore's 1968 Riots, (2013) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.amazon.com/Joseph-B.-Ross-Jr./e/B001JS6WCC/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0">[1]</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baltimore_riot_of_1968&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>University of Baltimore 1968 Riot site, "Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth", "<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://archives.ubalt.edu/bsr/">http://archives.ubalt.edu/bsr/</a>", includes extensive timeline of events.</li> <li>Maryland State Archives Document Packet, prepared by <a href="/wiki/Edward_C._Papenfuse" title="Edward C. Papenfuse">Edward C. Papenfuse</a> and Mercer Neale, with the Assistance of the Staff of the Maryland State Archives, "Is Baltimore Burning?", "<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/stagser/s1259/121/2395/html/0000.html">http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/stagser/s1259/121/2395/html/0000.html</a>". 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