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. After a night of burning, the 1700 block of Centre is littered with debris; Fifty years later, the street is lined with apartments, townhomes and single family homes. At Centre Shoes, teenagers had squeezed past the iron gate covering a broken plate glass window. "The Crossroads of the World": A Social and Cultural History of Jazz in Pittsburgh's Hill District, 1920-1970." Later in the day, smoke rose over Homewood, 5 miles east of the Hill. If youre not going to riot after the assassination of King, then youre never going to riot at any time in history., At Ebenezer, state Rep. K. Leroy Irvis volunteered to ask Gov. July was the worst. (1968 picture by Harry Coughenour/Post-Gazette; 2018 picture by Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette). Councilwoman Tonya Payne, of District 6, was unavailable to comment on the Hill Districts improvements, but Dewayne added that the Hill House is partnering with Carnegie Mellon University to open a new grocery store in the Hill District. There was over $620,000 worth of property damage. (1968 picture by Morris Berman/Post-Gazette; 2018 picture by Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette). Pennsylvania Governor John Hartranft brought in units from the eastern part of the state. The neighborhood's Black population grew rapidly from around 10,000 in 1890 to over 37,000 by 1920. We need people here in the Hill District, he said. By 1960, urban renewal had claimed a 100-acre swath of the Hill that butted against Pittsburghs Golden Triangle. They dont fit, one girl said. (1968 picture by James Klingensmith/Post-Gazette; 2018 picture by Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette). Irvis pleaded with them to do something. Recognizing the increasing need for larger facilities and a professional staff, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kaufmann endowed the Irene Kaufmann Settlement . (Donald J. Stetzer/The Pittsburgh Press). The Hill District neighborhood was the center of Jewish life in Pittsburgh from the late 1880s into the early 1930s. That frustration had boiled over in other cities. Please visit Randy Fox's website for more Rust Belt photography. Seemingly distant and powerful forces had paved over a vital and historic black community and replaced it with an entertainment facility the Civic Arena. Shots were fired into the empty office of the attorney representing a white police officer acquitted Friday in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teen Antwon Rose II, and protests in Pittsburgh .
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