Description
The 1968 Riot Collection includes over 200 powerful images of the riots in Kansas City after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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1968 Riot Collection
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Broken basement windows of Holy Name Church
Group of four photographs documenting damage to basement windows at Holy Name Church.
Type: Image
MS-0235
Black Panther members on the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse
Black Panther members standing with the crowd on the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-075.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Crowd standing on Grand Boulevard at the Jackson County Courthouse
Crowd is standing on Grand Boulevard at the Jackson County Courthouse. In the center of the photo, a man wearing a black jacket and sunglasses is speaking into a microphone and pointing ahead of him.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-076.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Crowd standing on Grand Boulevard at the Jackson County Courthouse
Crowd is standing on Grand Boulevard at the Jackson County Courthouse. An older man in the center of the photo is speaking into a microphone, while another man behind him is a holding a second microphone up to his face.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-077.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Crowd standing on Grand Boulevard at the Jackson County Courthouse
Crowd is standing on Grand Boulevard at the Jackson County Courthouse. While a man speaks in the crowd, several people of the press stand around him holding up microphones.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-078.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Police ride motorcycles down the street
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.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-079.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Police car arriving at the Jackson County Courthouse
Photo of a police car arriving at the Jackson County Courthouse; light photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-080.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Crowd standing on sidewalk of Grand Boulevard at the Jackson County Courthouse
Crowd standing on the sidewalk next to Grand Boulevard at the Jackson County Courthouse; light photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-081.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
African American man speaking into microphone at Grand Boulevard
An African American man is standing in the center of the photo wearing a brown suit and speaking into a microphone on Grand Boulevard; partially obscured photo; light photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-082.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
African American man speaking into microphone on Grand Boulevard
An African American man wearing a white polo shirt is speaking into a microphone on Grand Boulevard in the center of the photo; light photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-083.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Person speaks into the microphone on Grand Boulevard
A person wearing a beret man stands in the center of the crowd on Grand Boulevard and speaks into a microphone; light photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-084.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Group of people standing in front of a bar on Grand Boulevard
Group of people standing in front of a bar on Grand Boulevard across the street from the Jackson County Courthouse; light photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-085.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Small group of people walking down Grand Boulevard
Small group of people walking down Grand Boulevard toward the camera; light photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-086.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
African American man holding a sign on Grand Boulevard
An African American man standing on the sidewalk with a sign that reads "KPRS Employees Protest [???] Low Wages" on Grand Boulevard; light photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-087.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Three people sitting on ground next to the Jackson County Courthouse
Three people sitting on the ground outside the Jackson County Courthouse next to a parked car; left portion of photo obscured by light.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-088.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235