1968 Riot Collection

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...

Crowd and police at Parade Park; view from East 17th Terrace and Vine. In center of the photo is a street sign that reads "E 17th Ter". Among the crowd, a group of men stand in the back of a pick up...

Crowd and police at Parade Park; view from East 17th Terrace and Vine. In center of the photo is a street sign that reads "E 17th Ter". Among the crowd, a group of men stand in the back of a pick up...

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 marching down width of street, turning right. A few people walk alongside the crowd on the sidewalk. Majority of photo is of the street ahead of crowd, with the crowd itself in the upper portion...

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 Road onto Paseo Boulevard. A man stands next to an officer and is turned toward him, talking in the bottom right corner of the photo...

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...

Large crowd of people marching down the right side of the road. Photo is taken up ahead of the crowd, with the majority of the bottom of the photo being the road and grass.

Large crowd of people marching down the right side of the road. Photo is taken up ahead of the crowd, with the majority of the bottom of the photo being the road and grass.

Crowd on Grand Boulevard looking toward the right side of the photo. Blurred photo.

Crowd standing amongst cars on Grand Boulevard; damaged photo.

Crowd standing on Grand Boulevard with a yellow and gray bus behind them.

Crowd walking along the sidewalk next to the Jackson County Courthouse; one man holding a white Black Panther flag and standing on the steps.

Crowd on the steps of City Hall, with Policemen and National Guard lined up at the door. In the center of the photo, a group of African American men are walking toward the camera, alongside the line...

Crowd on the steps of Police Headquarters on Locust St., across the street from City Hall. The right portion of the photo shows a young African American man leaning against a rail on the steps of...

Close up shot of crowd outside City Hall. A white man is holding up a megaphone in the background of a group of African Americans. In the crowd are several young people facing various directions.