1968 Protests Movement

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.After the shooting of MLK and no justice being brought riots soon broke out and very harsh meaningful protests did erupt as well. After the shooting of Mike Brown the people of St.Louis began to loot and policeman were forced to use tear gas. In the year of 2016 the riots have become ten times worse in my opinion, in 1968 they didn't loot and jump on top of police cars. During the period of 1968 the point of the protests went by the name of blackpower a movement in support of rights and political power for black people, especially prominent in the US in the 1960s and 1970s”(US-History.org ). Similarly in 2016 the people came up with the slogan for their protests ‘black lives matter” when they felt as if black people were still being treated

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