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National Guardsmen, called in by Mayor 'Big Bill' Thompson after three days of rioting, question an African American man in Chicago, 1919. The...

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.

View of white children celebrating after having raided the home of African Americans during the race riots, Chicago, 1919. Note the broken windows...

Whites stone an African American man, who later died of his injuries, during the Chicago race riots, 1919.

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...

Group of people looking at smoke in the distance coming from damaged properties following the Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1921.

Armed National Guardsmen march toward smoke on the horizon during the street fires of the Watts riots, Los Angeles, California, August 1965.

African Americans and whites leaving the beach as trouble begins, Chicago, Illinois, USA, c1919. Racial tensions increased in Chicago after the end...

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 try to ignore heckling of protestors on Newark's Springfield Ave. As violence continued into a third day. Eleven died and hundreds...

Scene depicting the 1958 Notting Hill race riots on the set of the rock musical, 'Absolute Beginners', directed by Julien Temple, August 1985.

Group of National Guard Troops, carrying rifles with bayonets attached, escort unarmed African American men to the detention center at Convention...

Injured and wounded men are being taken to hospital by National guardsmen after racially motivated riots, also known as the "Tulsa Race Massacre",...

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...

Sailors from the President's yacht Mayflower on guard duty at one of the street car intersections on Pennsylvania Avenue.

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...

Suspect being searched by two armed police during the Watts race riots in Los Angeles, California, 11th-15th August 1965.

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...

The aftermath of the Tulsa Race Massacre, during which mobs of white residents attacked black residents and businesses of the Greenwood District 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...

Map illustrating the spread and extent of the violence during the race riots, Chicago, 1919. The map highlights areas of death and injury, especially...

New York State Police officer restrains a man during the race riot in Rochester, New York State, late July 1964.

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...

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...

Group of soldiers of the National Guard with a Browning M1917 machine gun during the race riots in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1919.

Demonstrators carrying posters with a picture of police Lieutenant Thomas Gilligan and the caption 'Wanted For Murder' outside the UN Headquarters in...

National Guard troops start to deploy into Springfield Ave., scene of heavy rioting.

Armed Marines from Quantico barracks on guard duty on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. Despite the fact that the city has resumed its normal...

Demonstrators gather at Lafayette Park for protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, on June 2, 2020 in Washington, DC....

Protesters throw a US flag into a fire during a demonstration outside the White House over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis...

Some of the men arrested during the race riot in Rochester, New York State, late July 1964.

Police officers prepare to disperse the protestors on Lenox Avenue, between 127th and 128th Street in Harlem, New York City, July 1964. The protests...

Armed police stand by as rioters lie face down in the street during the Watts race riots, Los Angeles, California, August 1965.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Addresses a group of Watts district residents and tells them he is "here to support you because you supported me in the...

Detroit police officers detain a man during a demonstration in the city of Detroit, Michigan, on May 29 over the death of George Floyd, a black man...

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,...

Policemen on duty during a race riot in Rochester, New York State, late July 1964.

Members of the New York State Police and a member of the Rochester Police Department arrest a man during a race riot in Rochester, New York State,...

Makeshift sign urging drivers to 'Turn Left Or Get Shot' during the race riots in the Watts area of Los Angeles.

An African American couple walking across a street with smoke rising in the distance after the Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1921.

People searching through rubble after the Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1921.

Black smoke billows from fires during the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, in the Greenwood District, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US, June 1921.

Marshals in army vehicles pour into the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Mississippi, during the Ole Miss Riot Of 1962, also known as 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.

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...

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...

Protesters raise their fists during a demonstration after the release on bail of former police officer, Derek Chauvin, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on...

Los Angeles, CA: Silhouetted by the cool gush of a broken fire hydrant, a National Guardsman stands ready for further trouble in the strife-torn...

Los Angeles, CA: The War In The West: Black smoke darkens the sky over Southeast Los Angeles, during the fourth day of the six day rioting in the...

Los Angeles, CA: Three stores burn to the ground on Avalon Blvd. In the Watts area as the fire department was unable to get to the scene of the fire...

Los Angeles, CA: Although law and order have been re-established in the strife-torn Watts district of Los Angeles, this sign remains as a terrifying...

Los Angeles: National Guard soldiers man the fire hoses into the night, helping out hard-pressed firemen faced with dozens of major blazes set by...

Long Beach, CA- National Guardsmen line a barricade in Long Beach. Governor Brown summoned them to stop further violence, after a policeman was...

Two National Guardsmen watch the intersection of Imperial and Avalon in Watts on August 17 the day after the end of the violent rioting in the...

Los Angeles, CA- CA National guardsmen take up positions along the now quiet street in the west Watts section after they were called in to help quell...

People gather in the rain outside of the White House for a peaceful protest against police brutality on June 4, 2020 in Washington, DC. Protests in...

Protesters march in downtown Brooklyn over the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis Police officer on June 05, 2020 in New York City. The white...

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,...

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