1968 Riot Collection

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...

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

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.

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.

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...

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.

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

Two unidentified African American men run down 12th Street in a cloud of tear gas.

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.

Two white policemen detaining an African American man outside Lincoln High School. The officer to the left of the detainee in the photo is using both hands to restrain one of his arms. The officer to...