1968 Riot Collection

Group of police officers lining up on Oak St. outside City Hall. A crowd has gathered on sidewalks and in the street in front of the officers. Bottom of photo is dark with shadows.

Group of police officers are lining up in the street in the left portion of the photo. Civilians are lining up in the street and on the sidewalks in front of the officers on Oak St. outside City Hall.

Crowd running from tear gas down 12th St.; Police in the foreground are wearing gas masks and one is armed with a pistol, walking onto the sidewalk.

Police are standing in single file lines on the street corner of 12th and Oak St., outside City Hall, facing forward. Groups of people a ways down the street are walking up toward the officers...

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...

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.

Rear of crowd and parked cars at Parade Park. One woman is looking toward the camera while the rest of the crowd looks toward the speakers.

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...

Side view of police blockade behind the crowd outside City Hall, moving from the left o the right of the photo.

Small crowd crossing through John Linville's Standard Oil Station on Linwood Blvd. across the street from Central High School. In the right portion of the photo, a person is climbing on top of a bus...

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 from behind of the crowd running from tear gas down 12th St., across from City Hall; Father Fly possibly in center-right of photo.

View of crowd gathering at City Hall; taken from across the street. A large group of people stand in front of City Hall's doors, while a smaller group is disbursed in the courtyard area. Onlookers...

View of the crowd gathering at City Hall; taken from across the street. A large group of people stand in front of City Hall's doors, while a smaller group is disbursed in the courtyard area. Onlookers...

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...