Citizens to Join in Plea for End of Violence
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Title
Citizens to Join in Plea for End of Violence
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Content type
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Description
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.
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Date(s)
1968-04-12
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Subject (local)
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Digital Collection(s)
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Related Item
Kansas City Times
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Note(s)
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.
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Shelf Locator
Envelope Clipping File: Riots & Disturbances--Statistics
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| Restriction on Access |
Restriction on Access
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
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