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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 approaching the crowd at John Linville's Standard Oil Station
Police approaching the crowd crossing through John Linville's Standard Oil Station on Linwood Blvd. across the street from Central High School. The right portion of the photo shows part of the crowd running in the opposite direction of the officers.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-060.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Crowd of people walking past John Linville's Standard Oil Station
Crowd crossing through John Linville's Standard Oil Station on Linwood Blvd. across the street from Central High School. A few people in the crowd in the right portion of the photo have their hands raised and are looking in the direction of the rest of the crowd. Many members of the crowd are looking in the direction of the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-061.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Crowd marching west on I-70
Crowd marching west on I-70. Members of crowd are walking across the interstate in front of vehicles, and many are congregated in the middle of the highway. The photo displays a Ford truck and a car entering onto the highway.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-062.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Crowd marching west on I-70
Crowd marching west on I-70 toward camera. Group of young people in the front of the crowd are smiling at each other. Traffic follows behind them in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-063.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Bruce R. Watkins leads crowd marching on I-70
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, Jackson County Circuit Court Clerk, wearing a suit with his hand raised above his head. To the right of him in the photo is a younger African American woman wearing a dress and sweater. Behind them are several members of the crowd as well as traffic.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-064.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Aerial view of steps and front lawn of City Hall
Aerial view of the steps and front lawn of City Hall as the crowd gathers. Groups of people stretch from the street to the City Hall steps.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-065.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Aerial view of crowd gathering at City Hall and the Jackson County Courthouse
Aerial view of the lawn of City Hall, 12th St., and part of the Jackson County Courthouse, as the crowd gathers. A large crowd of people are filling the street.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-066.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Crowd gathering at doors of City Hall
Crowd gathering at City Hall; taken from a high floor in the Jackson County Courthouse. The majority of the crowd fills up the space right in front of the doors, while smaller groups linger behind in the courtyard area.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-067.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Crowd gathering at City Hall
Crowd gathering at City Hall; taken from a high floor in the Jackson County Courthouse. The majority of the crowd fills up the space right in front of the doors, while smaller groups linger behind in the courtyard area.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-068.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
View of crowd at City Hall
View of crowd gathering at City Hall; taken from across the street. A large group of people stand in front of City Hall's doors, while a smaller group is disbursed in the courtyard area. Onlookers stand across the street with their backs to the camera. A statue of Andrew Jackson is seen at the left of the photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-069.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
View of the crowd at City Hall
View of the crowd gathering at City Hall; taken from across the street. A large group of people stand in front of City Hall's doors, while a smaller group is disbursed in the courtyard area. Onlookers stand across the street with their backs to the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-070.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Aerial view of the crowd at City Hall
Aerial view of the crowd gathering at City Hall; taken from a high floor in the Police Headquarters. Photo shows crowd gathering at City Hall doors while a row of policemen stand in front of the doors.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-071.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Aerial view of the crowd at City Hall
Closer aerial shot of the crowd at City Hall; taken from a high floor in the Police Headquarters. Photo shows crowd gathering at City Hall doors while a row of policemen stand in front of the doors.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-072.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
View of the crowd at City Hall from behind the line of police
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 American man looking toward the right side of the photo. A younger African American teenage boy stands behind the first man looking toward the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-073.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Crowd on steps of City Hall
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 are walking toward the camera, alongside the line of officers. The first man is wearing a striped shirt with his hands in his pockets, looking at the officers.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-074.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235