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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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Crowd running from tear gas across from City Hall
Crowd running from tear gas down 12th St., across from City Hall, one person is riding a bicycle; Police in the foreground. Majority of the photo is obscured by tear gas.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-120.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
View from behind of the crowd running from tear gas at City Hall
View from behind of the crowd running from tear gas down 12th St.; Police in the foreground are wearing gas masks and holding batons in their hands. Cloud of tear gas in the left portion of the photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-121.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Aerial view of tear gas and crowd at City Hall
Aerial view of crowd running from tear gas down 12th St., across from City Hall; taken from a high floor in Police Headquarters. Police cars are parked in the street while groups of people run past them on either side.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-122.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Police on sidewalk as crowd disperses
Crowd running from tear gas down 12th St.; Police in the foreground are wearing gas masks and one is armed with a pistol, walking onto the sidewalk.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-123.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Police following behind a crowd running from tear gas down 12th Street
Police in gas masks following behind a crowd running from tear gas down 12th Street; present in the crowd are Father Ed Warner and Father Fly positioned ahead and looking back.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-124.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Father Ed Warner taken down by police in a cloud of tear gas
Father Ed Warner gets taken down by police in gas masks in a cloud of tear gas; photo mostly obscured by tear gas.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-126.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Father Ed Warner falls onto ground and is surrounded by police
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.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-127.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Father Ed Warner falls onto ground and is surrounded by police
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 get to Father Warner but is being held back by police.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-128.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Aerial view of crowd and tear gas disbursing from street
Aerial view of 12th Street with crowd mostly dispersed and tear gas filling the street where two police cars are stopped.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-129.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Father Ed Warner being helped across lawn by three passersby
Father Ed Warner on the lawn outside the courthouse, having been beaten by police, being helped by three passersby.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-130.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Policemen stand in front of Courthouse
Police standing in front of Courthouse while clouds of tear gas fill 12th Street.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-131.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Two men run down 12th Street in a cloud of tear gas
Two unidentified African American men run down 12th Street in a cloud of tear gas.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-132.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Man running down 12th Street in a cloud of tear gas
Unidentified African American man running down 12th Street in a cloud of tear gas.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-133.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235
Clouds of tear gas filling 12th Street
Cloud of tear gas filling 12th Street; Policeman in foreground wearing a gas mask with a pistol on his hip and holding a baton in his hand.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_68-riot_photo-134.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-135.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0235