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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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Broken basement windows of Holy Name Church
Broken basement windows at Holy Name Church; close-up view.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-136.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Broken basement windows of Holy Name Church
Broken basement windows at Holy Name Church; close-up view.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-138.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Broken basement windows of Holy Name Church
Broken basement windows at Holy Name Church.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-137.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Aerial view of Kansas City
Aerial view of Kansas City.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-139.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Crowd of students marching from Manual High School
Crowd marching from Manual High School, turning from East Truman Road onto Paseo Boulevard. A man stands next to an officer and is turned toward him, talking in the bottom right corner of the photo. To the right of the man and officer is a second officer looking toward the crowd with his back to the camera. In the upper right portion of the photo is a car with a group of girls sitting on top of it. Two other cars are parked on the street with groups of people sitting on them as well.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-001.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Crowd of students marching from Manual High School
Crowd marching from Manual High School, turning from East Truman Rd. onto Paseo Blvd. The group is walking on the left side of the street, with a car in front and three cars behind them. The first three cars have groups of men and women sitting on top of them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-002.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Aerial view of crowd on Vine Street at Flora Avenue and Paseo Boulevard
Aerial view of crowd marching down the center of Vine Street at Flora Avenue and Paseo Boulevard. Behind the crowd are several cars.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-006.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Crowd of people turning right on street
Crowd marching down width of street, turning right. A few people walk alongside the crowd on the sidewalk. Majority of photo is of the street ahead of crowd, with the crowd itself in the upper portion of the photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-005.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Large crowd walking down narrow street
Large crowd marching down a narrow street. The far right side of the photo shows a a group of African American men getting into a car.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-004.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Crowd of students walking down the road
Large crowd of people marching down the right side of the road. Photo is taken up ahead of the crowd, with the majority of the bottom of the photo being the road and grass.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-003.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Aerial view of Kansas City
Aerial view of Kansas City; Corwin Company at 12th and Charlotte, looking east.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-141.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Aerial view of Kansas City
Aerial view of Kansas City.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-140.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Police officers at 12th Street police headquarters
White male police officers walking toward camera with police station in the background. The first officer is carrying his rifle against his left shoulder and is wearing sunglasses. Behind him are two officers, one with police jacket on and one without, carrying batons. In the background are more officers as well as civilians.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-012.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Aerial view of crowd on Vine Street at Flora Avenue and Paseo Boulevard
Close-up aerial view of crowd marching down the center of Vine Street at Flora Avenue and Paseo Boulevard. A few individuals are looking up at the camera with arms raised in the air.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-007.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Close-up of crowd at City Hall
A crowd of African American people gathered outside of City Hall, facing various directions. An unidentified white man is in the background with a megaphone.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_slide-013.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235