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African American man in suit and glasses speaking alongside men in berets

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Six African American men standing in the back of a pickup truck and speaking to the crowd gathered around them at Parade Park.

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

African American woman holding an umbrella

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African American woman holding an umbrella, walking near Central High School, looking over at the camera. She is wearing white pants and a striped...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Bruce R. Watkins leads crowd marching on I-70

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Close-up of crowd (majority African Americans with some white people as well) marching west on I-70. In the center of the photo is Bruce R. Watkins...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Bystanders at the rear of crowd

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Group of bystanders at the rear of the crowd at Parade Park. In the center right of the photo, two African American women are smiling toward the...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Close-up of crowd at City Hall

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A crowd of African American people gathered outside of City Hall, facing various directions. An unidentified white man is in the background with a...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Close-up of small crowd marching down the street

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Close-up of small crowd marching down the street. A white male priest with black coat and white collar is among them.

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Crowd gathered at Parade Park

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Crowd amongst parked cars at Parade Park. The group of people have their backs turned to the camera, facing toward a group of speakers to the right of...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Crowd looking toward group of African American men wearing berets

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Crowd at Parade Park with their backs to the camera, looking toward a group of African American men wearing berets speaking into a microphone.

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Crowd looking toward group of African American men wearing berets and speaking into microphone

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Crowd at Parade Park with their backs to the camera, looking toward a group of African American men wearing berets speaking into a microphone.

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Crowd on the steps of Police Headquarters

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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...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Crowd outside City Hall

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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...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Crowd standing around a group of African American speakers in back of truck

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Crowd at Parade Park with their backs to the camera, looking toward three African American men standing in the back of a truck with a microphone...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Five African American men speaking to crowd at Central High School

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Five African American men standing in the back of a pickup truck and speaking to the crowd at Parade Park. The man speaking into the microphone is...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Five people sitting on top of a car

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Five African American people riding on top of car. At the front of the car sits a person wearing white pants, a black sweater, and a hat; damaged...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Four men standing in back of truck and speaking to crowd

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Four African American men standing in the back of a pickup truck with a microphone and speaking to the crowd at Parade Park.

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Group of African American men speaking to crowd at Parade Park

Image

Six African American men standing in the back of a pickup truck and speaking to the crowd gathered around them at Parade Park.

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Group of African American men standing in back of truck and addressing crowd

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Six African American men standing in the back of a pickup truck with one man sitting on the top of the truck and speaking to the crowd at Parade Park.

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Group of African American men standing in back of truck and addressing crowd

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Six African American men standing in the back of a pickup truck with one man sitting on the top of the truck and speaking to the crowd (African...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Group of men standing in back of truck wearing berets

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Four men standing in the back of a pickup truck with a microphone and speaking to the crowd at Parade Park. Three of the men are wearing berets.

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Lena Rivers Smith approaches officers outside City Hall

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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...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Lena Rivers Smith standing in front of police line

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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...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Lena Rivers Smith walks in front of a line of police officers outside City Hall

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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...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Policemen and civilians in residential area

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

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Rear of crowd and parked cars at Parade Park

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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.

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

View of the crowd at City Hall from behind the line of police

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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...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection
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  • 1968-04-09
  • African American women

Member of

  • 1968 Riot Collection (25)

Types

  • photographs (25)

Genres

  • Snapshots (25)
  • Black & white photographs (21)
  • Color photographs (4)
  • Slides (4)
  • Transparencies (4)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (25)

Subjects

  • Civil rights movements (25)
  • African American men (22)
  • Demonstrations (22)
  • Crowds (19)
  • Men, White (17)
  • Police (6)
  • Journalists (3)
  • Police brutality (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • African American children (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • African American teenage boys (1)
  • Civil rights demonstrations (1)
  • Clergy (1)
  • High school buildings (1)
  • Roads (1)
  • Students (1)
  • (-) African American women (25)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (25)
  • Parade Park (13)
  • Interstate 70 (1)
  • Locust Street (1)

Subjects, People

  • Rivers Smith, Lena (3)
  • Watkins, Bruce R. (Bruce Riley), 1924-1980 (1)

Date Published

  • (-) 1968-04-09 (25)

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