It was a landmark year for the District, but one native Washingtonian believes it’s often remembered wrongly.

Like many of you, we at DCist love historic photography of our town. So when a reader sent us a link to this collection of rare negatives from news photographer Alexander Lmanian, we couldn’t wait to dive in.

43 years ago today, the massive riots that had broken out in the streets of Washington after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis on April 4, 1968 came to a halt. John Muller, marking the anniversary at Greater Greater Washington, takes stock of how far we’ve come.