A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

1967

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Riots Political unrest Politics

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1967

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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King Martin Luther, Jr. Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Harper & Row, 1967, ch. 4.

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