1968 Riot Collection

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...

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.

Police standing in the street. The man on the far right side of the frame is addressing one officer. A crowd of men watch from the lawn of Lincoln High School. The rest of the photo is obscured by sun...

Line of police officers standing directly in front of City Hall holding truncheons. In front of the line of officers is a group of young African American people.

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.

A large number of white male police officers lining up on 12th St. by Police Headquarters. Some officers are holding billy clubs.

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 outside Lincoln High School with part of a car seen in the foreground at the right; obscured by sun-glare.

Police outside Lincoln High School; obscured by sun-glare.

Close up of white male police officers standing in line in gas masks, visibly armed with tear gas, batons, and riot guns outside City Hall. The angle of the photo shows the officers' profiles, with...

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...

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.

A raised fist against a cloudy sky with bare tree branches on either side.

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.