1968 Riot Collection

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.

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...

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 outside Lincoln High School; obscured by sun-glare. A car is parked on the street in the right portion of the photo.

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.

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...

View from the outside of Lincoln High School after police throw tear gas into the building.

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.

Close-up of three white policemen and African American civilians in residential area; dark photo.

Policemen standing in the street in front of Lincoln High School next to two police cars. The police officer to the far right of the photo is looking at another police officer with his hands raised...