1968 Riot Collection

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

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...

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.

Six African American men (one partially obscured) stand along the stone wall in front of Lincoln High School with two white male police officers standing below them. A man in a suit in the center of...

Small crowd crossing through John Linville's Standard Oil Station on Linwood Blvd. across the street from Central High School. In the right portion of the photo, a person is climbing on top of a bus...