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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

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 and police gathered at Parade Park

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Crowd and Police at Parade Park; view from East 17th Terrace and Vine. In the right portion of the photo, a white policeman stands next to his...

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 steps of City Hall

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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...

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

Father Ed Warner falls onto ground and is surrounded by police

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Father Ed Warner on the ground in the street filled with tear gas surrounded by police wearing gas masks and wielding batons, Father Fly is trying to...

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

Father Ed Warner falls onto ground and is surrounded by police

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Father Ed Warner gets taken down by group of police wearing gas masks and wielding batons and falls to the ground. Father Fly stands next to police.

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

Father Ed Warner taken down by police in a cloud of tear gas

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Father Ed Warner gets taken down by police in gas masks in a cloud of tear gas; photo mostly obscured by tear gas.

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

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

Four policemen and children in residential area

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Four white policemen and children (African American and white boys) in residential area, standing among vehicles. The officer in the center of the...

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

Group of officers and bystanders at Parade Park

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Crowd at Parade Park, with group of three white policemen watching from distance. In front of the camera, an African American man leans up against a...

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

Group of officers in tent at police command post

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White Policemen inside tent at Police Command Post on Linwood and Paseo. An officer in the left portion of the photo is standing with his side profile...

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

Officers on telephones at Police Headquarters

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Officers and officials (all white men) on telephones, sitting around a large conference table at Police Headquarters. An officer stands in the center...

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

Officers outside of police headquarters

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White male police officers walking toward camera with police headquarters at 12th and Locust in the background. The first officer is carrying his...

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

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  • 1968 Riot Collection (34)

Types

  • photographs (34)

Genres

  • Snapshots (34)
  • Black & white photographs (26)
  • Color photographs (8)
  • Slides (8)
  • Transparencies (8)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (34)

Subjects

  • Civil rights movements (34)
  • Demonstrations (24)
  • Police (23)
  • African American men (22)
  • African American women (17)
  • Crowds (16)
  • Police brutality (8)
  • Clergy (4)
  • Journalists (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • Tear gas (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American teenage boys (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Children (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • City halls (1)
  • Civil rights demonstrations (1)
  • Firearms (1)
  • Roads (1)
  • Students (1)
  • Tear gas munitions (1)
  • Truncheons (1)
  • (-) Men, White (34)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (34)
  • Parade Park (9)
  • 12th Street (3)
  • Linwood Boulevard (3)
  • Paseo Boulevard (3)
  • Locust Street (2)
  • 17th Terrace (1)
  • Interstate 70 (1)

Subjects, People

  • Rivers Smith, Lena (3)
  • Warner, Father Ed (3)
  • Fly, Father (2)
  • Watkins, Bruce R. (Bruce Riley), 1924-1980 (1)

Date Published

  • (-) 1968-04-09 (34)

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