1968 Riot Collection

Large group of police wearing gas masks with their backs to the camera on 12th St. outside City Hall. In the background of the photo is City Hall with a large group of people standing in front of it...

Close up of line of white male police officers with gas masks armed with tear gas, batons, and riot guns outside City Hall. One officer in the middle of the line is holding his helmet and gas mask...

Lena Rivers Smith, a journalist and on-air reporter, is standing in front of a line of police officers wearing gas masks and armed with tear gas, batons, and riot guns. She is wearing a dress...

Line of police officers wearing gas masks and armed with tear gas, batons, and riot guns outside City Hall. Behind them is a group of African Americans standing next to a city bus. In the background...

Man raising his fist in the crowd on the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse; blurred photo.

Unidentified African American man running down 12th Street in a cloud of tear gas.

Man speaking into a microphone and Black Panther members with raised fists behind him at the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse.

Aerial view of National Guard marching in two straight lines downtown on a sidewalk.

Officers and officials (all white men) on telephones, sitting around a large conference table at Police Headquarters. An officer stands in the center of the photo, behind the group of men sitting on...

White male police officers walking toward camera with police headquarters at 12th and Locust in the background. The first officer is carrying his rifle against his left shoulder and is wearing...

Policemen sitting at makeshift plywood desks in front of tent at Police Command Post on Linwood and Paseo. The first officer is wearing sunglasses and looking to forward to the right of the photo. The...

Parked cars along street outside Parade Park. To the left of the photo are crowds of people behind the parked cars.

Parked cars and a crowd outside Parade Park; a man is entering the car to the left of photo.

A group of people run from a cloud of tear gas at the corner of 12th and Grand. One man runs through the gas. Cars are in the street on the other side of the cloud. A police officer wearing a gas mask...

A person wearing a beret man stands in the center of the crowd on Grand Boulevard and speaks into a microphone; light photo.

Photograph taken outside Lincoln High School; obscured by sun glare.

Police and crowd at the corner of 12th and Oak St., outside City Hall. The majority of the policemen are standing in the street, with a few on motocycles, while the rest of the crowd stands on the...

Police and students standing together, surrounded by cars, outside of Lincoln High School.

Police approaching the crowd crossing through John Linville's Standard Oil Station on Linwood Blvd. across the street from Central High School. The right portion of the photo shows part of the crowd...

Photo of a police car arriving at the Jackson County Courthouse; light photo.

Police Command Post at Linwood and Paseo. Photo shows the side of the Police Headquarters building. In the center of the photo is a tent, with a section of it open in an entrance. In front of the tent...

Police Command Post at Linwood and Paseo. The far right and left sides of the photo show police cars lined in a dirt parking lot. Up the driveway, close to the street, officers are congregated...

Police Command Post at Linwood and Paseo. Photo shows back portion of Police Headquarters building. A row of cars are parked and lined up against the building. The far right portion of the photo shows...

Police in gas masks following behind a crowd running from tear gas down 12th Street; present in the crowd are Father Ed Warner and Father Fly positioned ahead and looking back.

Police form a blockade behind the protestors outside City Hall. Line of policeman stand in the back of the crowd, while the rest of the crowd move toward City Hall.