1968 Riot Collection

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.

Corner of Central High School grounds on Linwood Blvd. A man is walking away from the camera down the sidewalk, while the street is full of traffic. Street and sidewalk seem to be wet with rain. Photo...

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.

Part of a crowd crossing through John Linville;'s Standard Oil Station on Linwood Blvd. across the street from Central High School.

Part of crowd crossing through John Linville's Standard Oil Station on Linwood Blvd. across the street from Central High School. Cars are in the foreground of the photo.

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.

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

Crowd marching west on I-70 toward camera. Group of young people in the front of the crowd are smiling at each other. Traffic follows behind them in the background.

Crowd marching west on I-70. Members of crowd are walking across the interstate in front of vehicles, and many are congregated in the middle of the highway. The photo displays a Ford truck and a car...

Parked cars and a crowd outside Parade Park; blurred photo.

A crowd congregating in a parking lot across the street from Parade Park. Cars are parked in the street next to them.

Crowd running from City Hall amidst clouds of tear gas; Father Fly stands at the center of the photo behind a child on a bicycle, and is looking back behind him toward the police. In the front of the...

Crowd of African Americans amongst parked cars and school busses outside Parade Park. Some people are sitting in their cars, while others are leaning on cars. The crowd is turned toward the center...

A crowd of people standing on the sidewalk in Parade Park. To their left are cars parked along the street. Photo is blurred.

Crowd of people walking across a grassy lot at Parade Park. In the center of the photo are two African American men walking toward the camera. Behind them are groups of people, building, and school...

Crowd crossing through John Linville's Standard Oil Station on Linwood Blvd. across the street from Central High School. A few people in the crowd in the right portion of the photo have their hands...

Crowd marching from Manual High School, turning from East Truman Rd. onto Paseo Blvd. The group is walking on the left side of the street, with a car in front and three cars behind them. The first...

Crowd marching from Manual High School, turning from East Truman Rd. onto Paseo Blvd. A man stands next to an officer and is turned toward him, talking in the bottom right corner of the photo. To the...