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1968 Riots in Washington, D.C.

While a number of government reports were published immediately following the riots and subsequently some other reports and dissertations were produced, there are not abundant sources on the 1968 riots in Washington, D.C. One of the few recent secondary sources is Jaffe and Sherwood’s 1994 Dream City. Below are listed those readily available in Washington, D.C., primarily at the Washingtoniana Division of the D.C. Public Library and at George Washington University Special Collections.

District of Columbia.

Report On Civil Disturbances in Washington, D.C., April 1968

[Note: Compilation of reports of the major activities by District of Columbia government agencies, April 4-15, 1968]

323.173 R425 Washingtoniana Division

Children of Cardozo tell it like it is.

District of Columbia. Board of Education. Model School Division.;  Education Development Center. Social Studies Curriculum Program.

Cambridge, Mass. : Social Studies Curriculum Program of Education Development Center ; [New York] : distributed by American Book-Van Nostrand Co., ©1968.

[children’s writings and drawings based on their first—hand experience of the riots]

372.6 C536 Washingtoniana Division

District of Columbia. City Council.

Report of City Council Public Hearings on the Rebuilding and Recovery of Washington, D. C. From The Civil Disturbance of April, 1968

323.173/D612 Washingtoniana Division

HT177.D6 D56 R4 Catholic University

F200 .D5 American Univeristy

District of Columbia. Mayor.

Ten years since April 4, 1968: a decade of progress for the District of Columbia: a report to the people. 1978.

711.097/T289 Washingtoniana Division

Dobrovir, William A. (Emergency Justice Project Task Force)

Justice in time of crisis; a staff report to the District of Columbia Committee on the Administration of Justice under Emergency Conditions.

[Washington] District of Columbia Committee on the Administration of Justice under Emergency Conditions; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1969]

345.753 D634 Washingtoniana Division

KFD 1762 .A83 George Washington University Special Collections

KFD1762 .A83 University of the District of Columbia

PR 36.8:V 81/J 98 George Mason University

George Washington Law Review

Comment - The Response of the Washington, D.C. Community and Its Criminal Justice System to the April 1968 Riot

323.173 G349 Washingtoniana Division

Gilbert, Ben.

Ten blocks from the White House; anatomy of the Washington riots of 1968 [by] Ben W. Gilbert and the staff of the Washington post. [1968]

323.173 G464 Washingtoniana Division

F 200 .G5 George Washington University Special Collections

F200 .G5 University of the District of Columbia

Jaffe, Harry S. and Tom Sherwood. Dream City: Race, power and the decline of Washington, D.C.  1994.

975.304/J23 Washingtoniana Division

Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia Circuit

Administration of Justice under Emergency Conditions in the District of Columbia

345.753 J92 Washingtoniana Division

KFD1762 .A85 American Univeristy

National Capital Planning Commission.

Civil disturbances in Washington, D.C., April 4-8, 1968: A preliminary damage report.

323.173/U59 Washingtoniana Division

Sedlack, Richard Guy

Riots as Disasters: An Exploratory Case Study Selected Aspects of the Civil Disturbance in Washington, D.C, April, 1968.

Thesis, Pd.D. University of Maryland, 1973.

301.6332 S449 Washingtoniana Division

F 200 .S32 1973a George Washington University Special Collections

Strasel, H.C.; Paul G Larkin; United States. Dept. of Labor. Manpower Administration.

Rioters in Washington a study of people and employment.

Falls Church, Va.: Software Systems, 1968.

301.6332/S897 Washingtoniana Division

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia.

Civil disturbances in Washington. Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, second session, May and July, 1968.

Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1968.

KF 27 .D5 1968 George Washington University Special Collections

KF27 .D5 1968f Library of Congress

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia. Subcommittee on Business and Commerce.

Rehabilitation of District of Columbia Areas Damaged by Civil Disorders. hearings before the United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, Subcommittee on Business and Commerce, Ninetieth Congress, second session.

Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1968.

KF26 .D528 1968 Library of Congress

KF 26 .D528 1968 Special Collections, George Washington University