1968 Riot Collection

Large crowd running away from police officers and tear gas outside City Hall. In the foreground a man is standing with his hands in his pockets watching the oncoming crowd. Tear gas can be seen in the...

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...

Close up of line of white male police officers with gas masks armed with tear gas, batons, and riot guns outside City Hall. One officer in the middle of the line is holding his helmet and gas mask...

Lena Rivers Smith, a journalist and on-air reporter, is standing in front of a line of police officers wearing gas masks and armed with tear gas, batons, and riot guns. She is wearing a dress...

Line of police officers wearing gas masks and armed with tear gas, batons, and riot guns outside City Hall. Behind them is a group of African Americans standing next to a city bus. In the background...

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 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...

Photo of a police car arriving at the Jackson County Courthouse; light photo.

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.

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.

White male police officers walking toward camera with police station in the background. The first officer is carrying his rifle against his left shoulder and is wearing sunglasses. Behind him are two...

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 riding motorcycles down the street toward the rally at the Jackson County Courthouse. A man in an Army uniform walks on the sidewalk toward the rally.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...