1968 Pittsburgh riots

The 1968 Pittsburgh riots were a series of urban disturbances that erupted in Pittsburgh on April 5, 1968, following the Assassination of [Martin Luther King, Jr.|assassination of Martin Luther King]. Pittsburgh, along with 110 other cities, burned for several days and 3,600 National Guardsmen were needed to quell the disorder.

Overview

The neighborhoods most impacted were the Hill [District (Pittsburgh)|Hill District], North Side, and Homewood. More than one hundred businesses were either vandalized or looted with arsonists setting 505 fires.
One person was killed and thirty-six were injured.

Aftermath

After six days, order was finally restored on April 11, with property damage surpassing $600,000. One thousand arrests were made by law enforcement. Many of the neighborhoods impacted never fully recovered in the following decades.

Other Civil Rights-Era riots in Pennsylvania