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Aftermath of the 1968 Washington DC riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King.
A black woman appears to be warning others who are within a ransacked furniture store. The same woman and other blacks flee down the sidewalk, covering their faces when they see they are being filmed.
Garbage, broken mannequins and glass, shelving, and paper litter a sidewalk. Two men walk past a ransacked store. The store’s windows have been completely shattered. Goods still stand in the store's display window.
A hat store is gutted and broken glass covers the store's entry way.