1968 Riot Collection

Police using tear gas on students outside of Lincoln High School; clouds of tear gas can be seen against the building; blurred photo.

Line of Police standing in the street outside City Hall. Some of the officers are wearing gas masks and armed with tear gas, batons, and riot guns, while some are wearing helmets and are holding gas...

Group of white male police officers standing in a line on the street outside City Hall. All of the officers are wearing gas masks and are armed with tear gas, batons, and riot guns.

Aerial view of police beginning to line up on Oak St. outside City Hall; taken from a high floor in the Courthouse. Officers are forming a line in the street, while a crowd gathers on the sidewalks.

Police standing in front of Courthouse while clouds of tear gas fill 12th Street.

Backside view of armed police officers standing on the street outside City Hall. A line of officers stand in the intersection, while sporadic groups of officers stand behind them. In front of them is...

Six African American men (one partially obscured) stand along the stone wall in front of Lincoln High School with two white male police officers standing below them. A man in a suit in the center of...

Two policemen standing on opposite sides of the street outside Police Command Post on Linwood and Paseo. The first officer has his back to the camera, facing across the street toward the second...

Two white male policeman running down the street outside Lincoln High School. The first policeman is wearing a dark uniform and gas mask. The second policeman is wearing a light shirt and gas mask...

Two white male policemen walking in the street in front of Lincoln High School. Next to them is a red car with a driver inside. Behind them is a stone wall and a grassy hill that is the front yard...

View from behind of the crowd running from tear gas down 12th St.; Police in the foreground are wearing gas masks and holding batons in their hands. Cloud of tear gas in the left portion of the photo.

View of white policemen inside tent at Police Command Post on Linwood and Paseo. In the lower left portion of the photo sits an officer with his profile to the camera. Behind him is another officer...

Close-up of crowd at City Hall from directly behind the line of police. The officers are wearing gas masks. In the center of the photo is an African American man looking toward the right side of the...

White policeman standing outside looted restaurant on Vine (?) St. , holding a rifle in one hand, with his opposite hand on his belt. Front window of restaurant is broken and open, with objects...