1968 Pittsburgh riots

Series of urban disturbances that erupted in Pittsburgh on April 5, 1968 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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. Pittsburgh, along with 110 other cities, burned for several days and 3,600 National Guardsmen were needed to quell the disorder.[1][2][3][4][5]

DateApril 5–11, 1968
Resulted inProperty destroyed, order restored
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1968 Pittsburgh riots
Part of the King assassination riots
DateApril 5–11, 1968
Location
Caused byAssassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Resulted inProperty destroyed, order restored
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Rioters
Casualties
Death1
Injuries36
Arrested1,000
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The neighborhoods most impacted were the Hill District, North Side, and Homewood. More than one hundred businesses were either vandalized or looted with arsonists setting 505 fires.[6][7][8][9][10]

One person was killed and thirty-six were injured.[11][12][13][14][15]

Aftermath

After six days, order was finally restored on April 11, with property damage surpassing $600,000 (equivalent to $5.56 million in 2025). One thousand arrests were made by law enforcement. Many of the neighborhoods impacted never fully recovered in the following decades.[16][17][18][19][20]

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