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A Nation on Fire: America in the Wake of the King Assassination (1st Edition) by Clay Risen Hardcover, 312 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-470-17710-1 / 0470177101 ISBN-13: 978-0-470-17710-5 / 9780470177105 A few hours after Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated at a Memphis motel, violent mobs had looted and burned several blocks of Washington a few miles north of the White House, centered around the U Street commercial district. Quick action by D.C. police quelled the violence, but shortly be |