1968 Riot Collection

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

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 Kansas City; Corwin Company at 12th and Charlotte, looking east.

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...

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

Crowd running from tear gas down 12th St., across from City Hall, one person is riding a bicycle; Police in the foreground. Majority of the photo is obscured by tear gas.

Crowd running from tear gas down 12th St., across from City Hall; Police in the foreground, one holding a baton in his hands. In the center of the photo is a child on a bicycle.

Crowd running from tear gas down 12th St., across from City Hall; Police in the foreground. Photo partially obscured by two police officers standing in front of the camera.

Crowd running down sidewalk and street from tear gas down 12th St., across from City Hall; Police officer in the foreground carrying a baton in his hand.

Crowd running on sidewalk from Oak St. on to 12th; Police in the foreground.

Group of African American students riding in and on a car heading East on 12th St., just past McGee St. A group of young women sit on the hood of the car wearing dresses and jackets, and are looking...

Large group of police gathered on 12th St. and Locust, next to Police Headquarters. Many officers have their backs to the camera, and have their arms raised, making numerical gestures with their hands...

Large group of police wearing gas masks with their backs to the camera on 12th St. outside City Hall. In the background of the photo is City Hall with a large group of people standing in front of it...

Unidentified African American man running down 12th Street in a cloud of tear gas.

White male police officers walking toward camera with police headquarters at 12th and Locust in the background. The first officer is carrying his rifle against his left shoulder and is wearing...

A group of people run from a cloud of tear gas at the corner of 12th and Grand. One man runs through the gas. Cars are in the street on the other side of the cloud. A police officer wearing a gas mask...

Police and crowd at the corner of 12th and Oak St., outside City Hall. The majority of the policemen are standing in the street, with a few on motocycles, while the rest of the crowd stands on the...

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 Officers lining up on 12th St. by Police Headquarters. Some officers are holding batons.

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

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.