8 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Fire at Looting Scene

One telephoto entitled, "Fire at Looting Scene" dated April 8, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Depicts a liquor store in Baltimore on fire. Wire transfer information states that this was the third day of riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

GLC09740.050

8 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Curfew Time

One telephoto entitled, "Curfew Time" dated April 8, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Depicts an empty street in Washington D.C. Wire transfer information details the curfew that was put in following continuing riots.

GLC09740.051

8 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Marines Guard U.S. Capitol

One telephoto entitled, "Marines Guard U.S. Capitol " dated April 8, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Depicts two National Guardsmen standing in front of the U.S. Capitol Building.

GLC09740.052

8 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Soldier in Silhouette

One telephoto entitled, "Soldier in Silhouette" dated April 8, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Depicts the silhouette of a National Guardsmen in front of the U.S. Capitol Building.

GLC09740.053

8 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Furniture Store Burns in Race Rioting

One telephoto entitled, "Furniture Store Burns in Race Rioting" dated April 8, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Depicts a large cloud of smoke rising from an enflamed furniture store. Also pictured are a group of armed state policemen. Riots took place following Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.

GLC09740.056

8 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Cincinnati

One telephoto entitled, "Cincinnati" dated April 8, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Depicts white police officers in riot gear inspecting a car belonging to Black men.

GLC09740.057

8 April 1968

United Press International

Photograph

Title: Pittsburgh, PA

One telephoto entitled, "Pittsburgh, PA" dated April 8, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts protesters in front of National Guardsmen who are pointing guns with bayonets towards their faces. Wire transfer information describes protestors as "agitators."

GLC09740.058

8 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Negro Looter Shot Dead

One telephoto entitled, "Negro Looter Shot Dead" dated April 8, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of a priest praying over a 47-year old deceased Black man who is covered with a sheet. Wire transfer information states he was shot by Baltimore police who claimed he was looting.

GLC09740.060

9 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Demonstrator Downed

One telephoto entitled, "Demonstrator Downed" dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of two Episcopilean priest; Reverend Edward L. Warner (on the ground) and Reverend David Fly (on the right). They are being apprehended by police who wearing tear gas masks. They are surrounded by tear gas.

GLC09740.061

9 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Ground and Tied

One telephoto entitled, "Ground and Tied" dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of three Baltimore policmen in riot gear holding down one Black man to the ground.

GLC09740.062

9 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Curfew Breaker Grounded

One telephoto entitled, "Curfew Breaker Grounded" dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of a Black man who is bruised on his face held down by three police officers in riot gear. (similar to GLC09740.063)

GLC09740.063

9 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Youngstown, O.

One telephoto entitled, "Youngstown, O." dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is National Guardsmen with an army vehicle. Wire transfer information describes the curfew that had been put in place and injuries incurred from riots following Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.

GLC09740.064

9 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Wilmington, Del.

One telephoto entitled, "Wilmington, Del." dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is a bird's eye view of the smoke arising from buildings in Wilmington's business district.

GLC09740.065

9 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Wilmington, Del.

One telephoto entitled, "Wilmington, Del." dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of a fireman accompanied by an armed National Guardsmen walking through a street. A charred car is rolled on its side.

GLC09740.066

9 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Trapped Fireman

One telephoto entitled, "Trapped Fireman" dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of a fireman in front of a pile of rubble. Wire transfer information states that a fireman was stuck under the pile for two hours after a house collapsed.

GLC09740.067

9 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Watch Fire

One telephoto entitled, "Watch Fire" dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of crowd watching smoke arise from buildings in the distance. Wire transfer information details that the fires took place in Pittsburgh's Brushwood area.

GLC09740.070

9 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Chattanooga, Tenn.

One telephoto entitled, "Chattanooga, Tenn.," dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of police officer confronting two people walking in Chattonooga. Wire transfer information claims that the two men were looters. Also details that a disturbance broke out after a memorial held for Martin Luther King Jr. 500 students marched in his honor.

GLC09740.071

1931

New Masses, 1926-1948

Newspaper clipping

Title: New Masses

One fragmented copy of New Masses dated 1931. Contains articles and illustrations related to the Scottsboro boys trial, worker's rights, the death of 42 construction workers building the Empire State Building, lynching, treatment of Asian working class people internationally, the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party), and communism.

GLC09977.02

1935

Commission on Interracial Cooperation

Book

Title: The Mob Still Rides: A Review of the Lynching Record (1931-1935)

One copy of a book entitled, "The Mob Still Rides: A Review of the Lynching Record (1931-1935)" printed by Commission on Interracial Cooperation dated 1935. Provides data of 84 lynchings that had taken place in 5 years. Analysis contains data on complaints, unpunished lynchers, lynch mobs, exploitation, and media reporting.

GLC09977.03

August 1931

New Masses, 1926-1948

Newspaper clipping

Title: Chicago Demonstrations

One page clipping from an issue of the New Masses. Contains an article entitled, "Chicago Demonstration" by George Robbins. Highlights the events of the housing protests on the South Side of Chicago that took place on August 1931. Above the title are sketches of Abe Grey and John O'Neil, two Black men, who were murdered by the police during the protest. Illustration by Mitchel Siporin. Reverse side contains a review of titles related to Mexico by Alberto Morales which contain a critique of Stuart Chase's travel book. Morales responds to Chases's complaint of protests in the country.

GLC09977.01

Various

Header Record

Title: You Fight & Die But Can't Drink at 18, donation letter (Decimilized .01-.02)

A pin and accompanying letter about why it was donated. The pin is protesting the legal drinking age and the letter mentions Inside the Vault a program by The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

GLC10139

Circa 1970

Unknown

Object

Title: [You Fight & Die But Can't Drink at 18]

One pin that reads You Fight & Die But Can't Drink at 18 circa 1970. The pin is neon green and is meant to protest for lowering the legal drinking age.

GLC10139.01

9 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Chattanooga, Tenn.

One telephoto entitled, "Chattanooga, Tenn.," dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of helmeted police officers holding two Black men against a police car. Wire transfer information claims the men were looting following the memorial held for Martin Luther King Jr.

GLC09740.072

10 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Killed By Snipers

Disclaimer: Image contains graphic violence. One telephoto entitled, "Killed by Snipers" dated April 10, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of three National Guardsmen carrying a dead Black man by his feet and arms. Wire transfer information statest the young man had been shot by snipers.

GLC09740.075

10 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Youngstown, Ohio

One telephoto entitled, "Youngstown, Ohio" dated April 10, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of Toderral McCaskey, a 13-year-old, being carried on a hospital gurney. Wire transfer information states that he had been shot in his hip by an unidentified individual. Also details other injuries incurred during riots.

GLC09740.076