The "Summer of 69" mural in Hopewell Crescent
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The "Summer of 69" mural in Hopewell Crescent
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 21 Jul 2014
This Loyalist mural commemorates the sectarian riots of 1969 when families in mixed communities were burnt out of their homes by their neighbours on religious grounds. This "ethnic cleansing" led to the increased ghettoization of both Protestant and Catholic working classes.
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