National Guardsmen try to ignore heckling of protestors on Newark's Springfield Ave. As violence continued into a third day. Eleven died and hundreds...
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...
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.
The Salvation Army passes out food at 104th and Compton in the Watts area of Los Angeles. The rioting in Watts left some in need as the district...
Riots in the Watts section with Negro youths carrying armloads of clothes running from looted stores, Los Angeles, California, August 1965.
Police and state troopers return the fire of a sniper in a nearby building during the race riots in Newark, New Jersey, 16th July 1967. The Newark...
Sailors from the President's yacht Mayflower on guard duty at one of the street car intersections on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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...
Rioting on Lenox Avenue, between 127th and 128th Street in Harlem, New York City, following the killing of African American teenager James Powell by...
Demonstrators carrying posters with a picture of police Lieutenant Thomas Gilligan and the caption 'Wanted For Murder' outside the UN Headquarters in...
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,...
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...
An injured police officer is led away by colleagues during the race riots in Notting Hill, west London, September 1958.
State troopers with bayonets stand outside a baby furniture store during rioting in the Watts area of Los Angeles, August 1965.
Policeman guides a group of women to safety during rioting in the Watts area of Los Angeles, August 1965. Their homes have been destroyed during the...
Members of the National Guard take aim during rioting in the Watts area of Los Angeles, during the Watts Riots, 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...
Police grapple with riot suspects outside 77th Street Police Station as they are being transferred to central police station during the third day of...
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...
Three stores burn to the ground on Avalon Boulevard in Watts as the fire department was unable to get to the scene of the fire due to rioting ....
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,...
Armed state police officers talking with a group of people, cautioning them to leave the streets ahead of the curfew in the wake of the 1967 Detroit...
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...
Armed Marines from Quantico barracks on guard duty on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. Despite the fact that the city has resumed its normal...
American civil rights leader Jesse Gray addresses a church meeting during the riots sparked by the killing of African American teenager James Powell...
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...
View of protesters, several with signs outside the UN Headquarters in New York, New York, July 23, 1964. They were protesting in the wake of the...
Group of injured men getting into an ambulance in Harlem, New York City, during a period of rioting sparked by the killing of African American...
Police officers on Lenox Avenue, near 125th Street in Harlem, New York City, during a period of rioting sparked by the killing of African American...
Police officers question protestors outside a pawnbroker's shop at 325 Lenox Avenue, between 127th and 128th Street in Harlem, New York City, July...
Group of soldiers of the National Guard with a Browning M1917 machine gun during the race riots in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1919.
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...
African Americans and whites leaving the beach as trouble begins, Chicago, Illinois, USA, c1919. Racial tensions increased in Chicago after the end...
Scene depicting the 1958 Notting Hill race riots on the set of the rock musical, 'Absolute Beginners', directed by Julien Temple, August 1985.
President Joe Biden gives remarks before signing a proclamation to designate the site of the Springfield 1908 Race Riot as a National Monument in the...
An injured man, with blood from a head wound on his face and shirt, during rioting in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, New York, July 1964....
Group of National Guard Troops, carrying rifles with bayonets attached, escort unarmed African American men to the detention center at Convention...
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...
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.
Group of people looking at smoke in the distance coming from damaged properties following the Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1921.
Map illustrating the spread and extent of the violence during the race riots, Chicago, 1919. The map highlights areas of death and injury, especially...
View of white children celebrating after having raided the home of African Americans during the race riots, Chicago, 1919. Note the broken windows...
With his .22 hunting rifle on his lap and a revolver in his belt, heavyweight boxer Amos Lincoln, aka Big Train, guards the family drug store during...
Policemen hunt for the killers of their colleague Richard Lefebre, following a period of rioting in the Watts area of Los Angeles, August 1965.
Burnt-out car is taken away in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, which followed the beating of black motorist Rodney King by members of...
Los Angeles: Move In On Sniper. A policeman aims his revolver at building from which a sniper was taking potshots at passing cars during rioting...
During a racial riot in Baltimore, Maryland, a beauty salon on Gay Street was saved from destruction when its owner painted the code words "Soul...
