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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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Police officers and a crowd of people in front of City Hall
Group of police officers lining up on Oak St. outside City Hall. A crowd has gathered on sidewalks and in the street in front of the officers. Bottom of photo is dark with shadows.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-087.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Lena Rivers Smith walks in front of a line of police officers outside City Hall
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 is a sign that reads "Pepsi" and "The Diner." Lena Rivers Smith, journalist and on-air reporter, is holding a coat and walking in front of the line of police officers.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-091.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Lena Rivers Smith approaches officers outside City Hall
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 of the line is holding his helmet and gas mask, looking down at it. Next to him is another officer holding a rifle. The majority of the officers in the line are looking toward journalist Lena Rivers Smith, wearing a dress and holding a coat, who is approaching them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-092.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Lena Rivers Smith standing in front of police line
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, headscarf, and glasses while holding a coat and purse. She is walking toward the camera with her left hand raised and pointing toward the officers.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-093.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Police with gas masks and armed with tear gas, batons, and riot guns outside City Hall
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 masks. A large group of civilians stand behind the officers. Most members of the police line and the group behind them are looking to the right of the photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-096.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Large group of officers gathered next to Police Headquarters
Large group of police gathered on 12th St. and Locust, next to Police Headquarters. Many officers have their backs to the camera, and have their arms raised, making numerical gestures with their hands. The group closest to the camera are holding their hands up in a number four gesture, while officers in front of them are holding up their hands in number one and three gestures.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-097.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Police with gas masks armed with tear gas, batons, and riot guns outside City Hall
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.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-095.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Police standing in single file lines
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. Bystanders are on the sidewalks of both streets, watching the officers.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-098.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Police line in front of City Hall
Line of police officers standing directly in front of City Hall holding truncheons. In front of the line of officers is a group of young African American people.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-094.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
People running from a cloud of tear gas at the corner of 12th and Grand
A group of people run from a cloud of tear gas at the corner of 12th and Grand. One man runs through the gas. Cars are in the street on the other side of the cloud. A police officer wearing a gas mask looks on from behind the cloud.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-106.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Rear view of officers and group of civilians in front of City Hall
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 a grassy hill in that lies in front of City Hall where black and white civilians are standing.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-099.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Close up of crowd with Fathers Warner and Fly
Close up of crowd outside City Hall, with police officers in the foreground wearing gas masks; Father Ed Warner and Father Fly standing on 12th St. in the center of the photo, with their hands in their pockets.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-105.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Police and crowd outside City Hall
Police and crowd at the corner of 12th and Oak St., outside City Hall. The majority of the policemen are standing in the street, with a few on motocycles, while the rest of the crowd stands on the sidewalk. In the center of the photo is the American Flag.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-101.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Police form a blockade behind protestors at City Hall
Police form a blockade behind the protestors outside City Hall. Line of policeman stand in the back of the crowd, while the rest of the crowd move toward City Hall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-102.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Side view of police blockade behind the crowd at City Hall
Side view of police blockade behind the crowd outside City Hall, moving from the left o the right of the photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-103.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235