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| Title | Citizens to Join in Plea for End of Violence |
| Abstract | Second of a two page article with accounts of black people regarding the futility of violence by students and others in the eastern Kansas City community. |
| Notes | Riot information for April 1968: (1) 6 civilians killed, all blacks; (2) 62 arrests, as of April 11, totalling about 499; (3) 69 hospitalized injuries, 22 of them gunshot wounds; (4) about 154 fires, 50 of them unanswered by overworked firemen; (5) almost 2,900 National Guardsmen present; (6) 450 city police officers present at a time on 12 hour shifts, and about 180 state highway patrolmen on duty; (7) full complement of fire fighters on duty throughout the crisis. |
| Date | April/12/1968 |
| Source | Kansas City Times |
| Location | Envelope Clipping File: Riots & Disturbances--Statistics |
| Local Subject | Riots and Disturbances
Race Relations
African Americans
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| Illustrations | No |
| Item Type | Newspaper Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 102221 |
| CONTENTdm number | 22026 |
