1968 Riot Collection

Aerial view of crowd running from City Hall amidst clouds of tear gas.

Aerial view of 12th Street with crowd mostly dispersed and tear gas filling the street where two police cars are stopped.

Aerial view of crowd marching down the center of Vine at Flora Ave. and Paseo. Behind the crowd are several cars.

Aerial view of the lawn of City Hall, 12th St., and part of the Jackson County Courthouse, as the crowd gathers. A large crowd of people are filling the street.

Aerial view of crowd running from City Hall amidst clouds of tear gas; photo is dark.

Aerial view of crowd running from City Hall amidst clouds of tear gas.

Aerial view of crowd running from City Hall amidst clouds of tear gas, with a police blockade in the upper left portion of the photo.

Aerial view of people in the street outside City Hall. In the center of the groups of people are a line of police officers.

Aerial view of the steps and front lawn of City Hall as the crowd gathers. Groups of people stretch from the street to the City Hall steps.

Aerial view of crowd running from tear gas down 12th St., across from City Hall; taken from a high floor in Police Headquarters. Police cars are parked in the street while groups of people run past...

Closer aerial shot of the crowd at City Hall; taken from a high floor in the Police Headquarters. Photo shows crowd gathering at City Hall doors while a row of policemen stand in front of the doors.

Aerial view of the crowd gathering at City Hall; taken from a high floor in the Police Headquarters. Photo shows crowd gathering at City Hall doors while a row of policemen stand in front of the doors...

Six African American men standing in the back of a pickup truck and speaking to the crowd gathered around them at Parade Park.

Close-up of crowd (majority African Americans with some white people as well) marching west on I-70. In the center of the photo is Bruce R. Watkins, Jackson County Circuit Court Clerk, wearing a suit...

Group of bystanders at the rear of the crowd at Parade Park. In the center right of the photo, two African American women are smiling toward the camera. The first woman is wearing a long checkered...

Close up of crowd outside City Hall, with police officers in the foreground wearing gas masks; Father Ed Warner and Father Fly standing on 12th St. in the center of the photo, with their hands in...

Cloud of tear gas filling 12th Street; Policeman in foreground wearing a gas mask with a pistol on his hip and holding a baton in his hand.

Crowd outside City Hall beginning to run from the Police. Some people are running in the opposite direction of the police officers, who are lined up at the end of the street in the left portion of the...

Close-up aerial view of crowd marching down the center of Vine at Flora Ave. and Paseo. A few individuals are looking up at the camera with arms raised in the air.

Crowd amongst parked cars at Parade Park. The group of people have their backs turned to the camera, facing toward a group of speakers to the right of the photo.

Crowd gathering at City Hall; taken from a high floor in the Jackson County Courthouse. The majority of the crowd fills up the space right in front of the doors, while smaller groups linger behind in...

Crowd beginning to gather by City Hall, walking alongside the building.

Crowd gathering at City Hall; taken from a high floor in the Jackson County Courthouse. The majority of the crowd fills up the space right in front of the doors, while smaller groups linger behind in...

Crowd gathering at the corner of 12th and Oak St., outside City Hall.

Crowd at Parade Park with their backs to the camera, looking toward a group of African American men wearing berets speaking into a microphone.