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In the aftermath of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, race riots convulsed the country. Chicago, Washington D.C., Baltimore, and Louisville endured the worst of it.

Almost 50 years hence, you can still see where the damage was done.

Louisvilles West Side, which was an integrated community, is now monochromatic.

Some parts of Chicagos West Side, where the rioting was the worst, are still not developed. Vacant blocks dot the neighborhoods, where businesses once stood.

Washington D.C. is only just now developing fully areas that were beset by the worst of riots.

The 1968 race riots helped to precipitate white flight from many of the major cities, and it helped to recast the politics of the country.

Richard Nixon promised to restore law and order in the campaign to replace Lyndon Johnson.

He campaigned with hard-hats, made an appeal to white ethnics and competed with George Wallace for the Bubba vote.

Law and order has proven to be a winning theme for both political parties.

Ronald Reagan signed the comprehensive crime control Act of 1984, which brought back the death penalty and toughened up prison sentences.

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