Record #:

10474

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

After the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., racial disturbances across North Carolina caused an estimated $5.5 million in damages. This article examines the cost to four sections of the state: state government, local government, mercantile establishments and other businesses, and private citizens.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 26 Issue 1, June 1968, p18, 36-37, il

Subject(s):

Racial disturbances--Raleigh; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968