Ella Washington : THE BALLAD OF ARTHUR MCDUFFIE/ MATTHEW 27 & LUKE 19

Ella Washington : THE BALLAD OF ARTHUR MCDUFFIE/ MATTHEW 27 & LUKE 19

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K (Kingston) Records, unknown date (likely the early-1980s).

vinyl condition: G (some surface noise)

In 1979, Arthur McDuffie, a Black insurance salesman and Marine Lance Corporal, was beaten to death by four Miami police officers after a traffic stop. When the officers were tried and acquitted, a riot broke out in the Overtown and Liberty City neighborhoods on the night of 17 May 1980. The rioting for three days resulting in at least 18 deaths.