LinkLinks Washington Post: They lost each other as kids in the 1968 riots. Decades later, they’ve reunited. By Editor On Mar 2, 2020 Last updated Mar 2, 2020 46 Share The 10-year-old stood on a toilet to peer out the top-floor window of the towering house in Northwest Washington, her eyes riveted on the mayhem below. Rioters had already flipped a car and set it ablaze across the street, and Georgette Nelson watched as they dragged a man from his moving delivery truck and beat him. Soon, a throng had gathered on the sidewalks just steps from their front door at 1425 Euclid St. NW, waving makeshift wooden torches. 46 Share FacebookTwitterReddItWhatsAppEmailPrint
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