National Guardsmen, called in by Mayor 'Big Bill' Thompson after three days of rioting, question an African American man in Chicago, 1919. The...
Whites stone an African American man, who later died of his injuries, during the Chicago race riots, 1919.
Black man gestures with his thumb down to an armed National Guardman, during a protest in the Newark race riots, Newark, New Jersey, July 14, 1967.
Group of soldiers stand guard with rifles and bayonets alongside a group of African American men who have gathered in front of the Ogden Cafe,...
Group of National Guard Troops, carrying rifles with bayonets attached, escort unarmed African American men to the detention center at Convention...
Group of people looking at smoke in the distance coming from damaged properties following the Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1921.
View of white children celebrating after having raided the home of African Americans during the race riots, Chicago, 1919. Note the broken windows...
An African-American man with a camera looking at the skeletons of iron beds which rise above the ashes of a burned-out block after the Tulsa Race...
Soldiers stand guard with rifles at a house vandalized during the race riots of July-August 2, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois. A group of white adults and...
Armed National Guardsmen march toward smoke on the horizon during the street fires of the Watts riots, Los Angeles, California, August 1965.
In the Harlem neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, a group of African-American youth smile and walk down the street, just prior to the start of a...
Man holding a hat with his hands up wearing suspenders surrenders during the Tulsa Race Massacre which occurred from May 31, 1921 through June 1,...
Group of soldiers of the National Guard with a Browning M1917 machine gun during the race riots in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1919.
National Guardsmen try to ignore heckling of protestors on Newark's Springfield Ave. As violence continued into a third day. Eleven died and hundreds...
Suspects in a Harlem "race riot" are herded to the front of a truck by a troupe of police as they are driven to jail.
Order is now being kept in Washington, DC by details of U.S. Troops and Marines. Although martial law has not been established, the city is...
African Americans and whites leaving the beach as trouble begins, Chicago, Illinois, USA, c1919. Racial tensions increased in Chicago after the end...
Two African-American men hold their hands up against the wall of a dry cleaners while being arrested by Caucasian state troopers during the Watts...
Scene depicting the 1958 Notting Hill race riots on the set of the rock musical, 'Absolute Beginners', directed by Julien Temple, August 1985.
View of two young boys outside a home, with broken windows and debris in the front yard, which had been vandalized during a race riot, Chicago,...
Police officers prepare to disperse the protestors on Lenox Avenue, between 127th and 128th Street in Harlem, New York City, July 1964. The protests...
Demonstrators carrying posters with a picture of police Lieutenant Thomas Gilligan and the caption 'Wanted For Murder' outside the UN Headquarters in...
Photo shows the aftermath, at east corner of Greenwood Avenue and East Archer Street, of the Tulsa Race Massacre, during which mobs of white...
View of the front page of an edition of the Black Dispatch newspaper, detailing incidents of the Tulsa Race Massacre , Oklahoma, June 1, 1921. Among...
Sailors from the President's yacht Mayflower on guard duty at one of the street car intersections on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Order is now being kept in Washington, DC by details of U.S. Troops and Marines. Although martial law has not been established, the city is...
Young Black boy talking to a police officer in Harlem, New York City, during the Harlem Riots, July 1964. The riots were sparked by the killing of...
Injured and wounded men are being taken to hospital by National guardsmen after racially motivated riots, also known as the "Tulsa Race Massacre",...
An African American couple walking across a street with smoke rising in the distance after the Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1921.
Damaged properties and smoke coming from buildings following the Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1921.
Los Angeles, CA: Policemen force a rioter here into a police car during second night in a row of rioting. The rioters, led by a hard core of 300...
Armed Marines from Quantico barracks on guard duty on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. Despite the fact that the city has resumed its normal...
The aftermath of the Tulsa Race Massacre, during which mobs of white residents attacked black residents and businesses of the Greenwood District in...
New York State Police officer restrains a man during the race riot in Rochester, New York State, late July 1964.
Riots in the Watts section with Negro youths carrying armloads of clothes running from looted stores, Los Angeles, California, August 1965.
Police officers restrain a person, watched bystanders on the far side of the road, as trouble flared when white tenants sought to prevent African...
An African American man raises his arm as he is given a body search by a police officer, as a young African American woman watches in tears, on the...
Young African American boy passes a National Guardsman in an alley of Springfield Avenue during a period of rioting in Newark, New Jersey, July 1967.
Federal troops and the National Guard augment the police force in Washington, DC, during the widespread riots which following the assassination of...
Armed police stand by as rioters lie face down in the street during the Watts race riots, Los Angeles, California, August 1965.
On May 31 and June 1 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, mobs of white residents brutally attacked the African American community of Greenwood, colloquially known as...
An injured police officer is led away by colleagues during the race riots in Notting Hill, west London, September 1958.
In front of an FW Woolworth Co store on North Howard Street in Baltimore, Maryland, African-American citizens walk down the sidewalk amid a heavy...
At the intersection of Bradford and Lanvale streets in Baltimore, Maryland, Caucasian riot policemen holding billy clubs and helmets check suspected...
Looters carrying clothing and packages from store in the Watts area as looting, rioting and burning continues in the Negro area. Acting Governor...
Exterior view of the Stradford Hotel , Tulsa, Oklahoma, late 1910s or early 1920s. One of the largest black-owned hotels in the United States, it...
Group of men rescue their injured friend in Harlem, New York City, during a period of rioting sparked by the killing of African American teenager...
Police officers prepare to disperse the protestors on Lenox Avenue, between 127th and 128th Street in Harlem, New York City, 23rd July 1964. The...
Young man accidentally shot in the stomach by police in Harlem, New York City, during a period of rioting sparked by the killing of African American...
Suspect being searched by two armed police during the Watts race riots in Los Angeles, California, 11th-15th August 1965.
Firefighters extinguish a burning building which was set alight during the riots sparked by the assassination of civil rights activist Martin Luther...
Photographer passes police officers as they attempt to lift a woman sitting on the floor during a civil rights demonstration in front of the White...
Fireman looking startled as snipers fire on him and his colleagues as they approach a burning car in Detroit, Michigan, July 1967. Violence erupted...
