National Guardsmen, called in by Mayor 'Big Bill' Thompson after three days of rioting, question an African American man in Chicago, 1919. The...
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,...
Whites stone an African American man, who later died of his injuries, during the Chicago race riots, 1919.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Group of people looking at smoke in the distance coming from damaged properties following the Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1921.
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Rioting on Lenox Avenue, between 127th and 128th Street in Harlem, New York City, following the killing of African American teenager James Powell by...
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...
An African American couple walking across a street with smoke rising in the distance after 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...
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...
News photographer runs past a burning guard shack in a parking lot in downtown Los Angeles, California, April 29, 1992. The structure was one of many...
An African-American storekeeper stands outside his shop, which has a sign reading, 'This store is owned and operated by Negroes,' during the race...
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.
Riots in the Watts section with Negro youths carrying armloads of clothes running from looted stores, Los Angeles, California, August 1965.
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 ....
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...
Sailors from the President's yacht Mayflower on guard duty at one of the street car intersections on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Police officers prepare to disperse the protestors on Lenox Avenue, between 127th and 128th Street in Harlem, New York City, July 1964. The protests...
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...
American civil rights leader Jesse Gray addresses a church meeting during the riots sparked by the killing of African American teenager James Powell...
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...
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...
African Americans and whites leaving the beach as trouble begins, Chicago, Illinois, USA, c1919. Racial tensions increased in Chicago after the end...
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....
National Guardsmen try to ignore heckling of protestors on Newark's Springfield Ave. As violence continued into a third day. Eleven died and hundreds...
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...
Damaged properties and smoke coming from buildings 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...
An injured police officer is led away by colleagues during the race riots in Notting Hill, west London, September 1958.
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...
State troopers with bayonets stand outside a baby furniture store during rioting in the Watts area of Los Angeles, August 1965.
Policemen hunt for the killers of their colleague Richard Lefebre, following a period of 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.
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...
During a riot in Baltimore, Maryland, two African-American men use a shopping cart to carry off looted goods, Baltimore, Maryland, 1943.
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...
Valuable items from stores looted during a riot are stored in a police station in Baltimore, Maryland, August 7, 1943.