siyaasadiisa waxaa lagu amaanay ka hortaga rabshadaha Philadelphia xagaagii 1967, halka magaalooyinka ay ku noolyihiin dad madow oo Mareykan ah sida Detroit iyo Newark
, ayaa saameyn ku yeeshay. Sanadkii xigay, Chicago, Baltimore, iyo Washington, D.C. dhammaantood waxay la kulmeen rabshado waaweyn bishii Abriil 1968 kadib dilkii Martin Luther King, Jr., iyo falanqeyn casri ah oo uu sameeyay Drew Pearson ayaa ku amaanay "mid ka mid ah booliiska ugu adag Mareykanka", Taliyaha Frank Rizzo, iyo ciidankiisa booliiska "si fiican loo dhexgeliyay" si looga hortago rabshado la mid ah Philadelphia.