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

10 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: And Outside The Stadium

One telephoto entitled, "And Outside the Stadium" dated April 10, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of National Guardsmen seated on an army vehicle outside of Griffith Stadium. Wire transfer information states that the Minnesota Twins and Washington Senators played a game as riots continued.

GLC09740.073

10 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Kansas City, Mo.

One telephoto entitled, "Kansas City, Mo.," dated April 10, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of National Guardsmen standing by debris. Wire transfer information states the guardsmen stood by as firemen attempted to extinguish fires.

GLC09740.074

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

10 April 1968

United Press International

Photograph

Title: Trenton, N.J.

One telephoto entitled, "Trenton, N.J." dated April 10, 1968 taken by United Press International. Image is of a man walking a dog in downton Trenton.

GLC09740.077

10 April 1968

United Press International

Photograph

Title: Kansas City, Mo.

One telephoto entitled, "Kansas City, Mo.," dated April 10, 1968 taken by United Press International. Image is an aerial view of a building on fire being extinguished in Kansas City, Missouri.

GLC09740.078

11 April 1968

United Press International

Photograph

Title: Washington

One telephoto entitled, "Washington" dated April 11, 1968 taken by United Press International. Image is of a copy of the Civil Act of 1968 signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Wire transfer information describes it as "a bill to designed to allow Negroes to find homes outside of the Nation's slums." This refers to the act expanding on previous acts prohibits housing discrimination.

GLC09740.079

11 April 1968

United Press International

Photograph

Title: Attempts to Save Home

One telephoto entitled, "Attempts to Save Home" dated April 11, 1968 taken by United Press International. Image is of two people's silhouettes watching a home on fire. Wire transfer information states that neighbors attempted to extingush the fire.

GLC09740.080

11 April 1968

United Press International

Photograph

Title: Kansas City, Mo.

One telephoto entitled, "Kansas City, Mo.," dated April 11, 1968 taken by United Press International. Image is of two police officers guarding a jewelry store.

GLC09740.081

11 April 1968

United Press International

Photograph

Title: Louisville, KY.

One telephoto entitled, "Louisville, KY.," dated April 11, 1968 taken by United Press International. Image is of National Guardsmen standing by a dry cleaners. Also pictured are people looking at clothes through a broken window. Wire transfer information claims that the young men were stealing from the store.

GLC09740.082

1921

Photograph

Title: Tulsa Race Riot

One photograph showing ruins of buildings, including a Black church, destroyed during the Tulsa Race Riot dated 1921.

GLC10112

1861-1877

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888

Engraving

Title: Massachusetts Militia Passing Through Baltimore

One engraving entitled "Massachusetts Militia Passing Through Baltimore" circa 1861-1877. Depicts the Baltimore riot of April 19, 1861. Massachusetts militia passing through Baltimore are attacked by a seccessionist mob. In the center of the painting Union forces defend themselves against violent seccesionist weilding pickaxes and rifles.On the left a woman in white uses her body to shield a wounded woman lying in the street. In the background smoke and flying debris fill the street. Engraved by F.F. Walker after a painting by Felix Octavius Carr Darley.

GLC08878.0151

1976-1994

Milk, Harvey, 1930-1978

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Harvey Milk political materials][Decimalized .01-.14]

Collection of 14 items dated 1976 to 1994 related to poltician Harvey Milk. Consists of materials related to his campaign while running for offices of supervisor and assemblyman in San Francisco. Items contains slogans and campaign platforms. Also in the collection are printed materials created follwing his and George Moscone's assassination such as a book of poetry and pamphlet on the ruling against Dan White.

GLC09871

1967

The Public Interest (New York), 1965-2005

Pamphlet

Title: The Public Interest [Fall 1967]

One issue of The Public Interest dated Fall 1967. Contains essays related to shootings that took place in Newark, New Jersey and Detroit, Michigan; creation of public broadcasting television; an opinion piece on the office of the president as a symbol and political instrument; report on crimes and other subjects.

GLC09640.302

2 August 1943

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Captured in Harlem Battle

One photograph entitled "Captured in Harlem Battle" dated August 2, 1943. Image is of two Black men being led into a police station by two officers in Harlem, New York. Wire transfer information states that the men's arrest were tied to neighborhood violence between Black residents and police officers. The newspaper clipping of the photograph and caption are pasted to the back. The caption states that almost 200 people were shot and 400 people arrested.

GLC09733.01

1967

Ernst, Bessie Williams, 1931-?

Pamphlet

Title: Soulful Reflections on the Detroit Riot.

One collection of poems entitled, "Soulful Reflections on the Detroit Riot," by Bessie Williams Ernst dated 1967. Poems reflect on racial discrimination against African Americans and the occurrences of Detroit Riots between July 23-31.

GLC09640.068

25 July 1967

United Press International

Photograph

Title: Riot Area in Detroit

One wirephoto of a map of Detriot depicting where riots took place on July 23, 1967. The shaded area illustrates the center of the riots in the early hours of that day.

GLC09735.01

26 July 1967

United Press International

Photograph

Title: Detroit

One UPI telephoto depicting a map of Detroit amidst the riots. Wire transfer contains information regarding police activity and action on the street. On reverse side is a stamp "Recieved Examiner Reference Library, July 26, 1967," and "Racial/Detroit."

GLC09735.02