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The Murder of Powell / C.S.R . wood engraving, Library of Congress

The Murder of Powell / C.S.R . wood engraving, Library of Congress

Illustration shows a group of Irish immigrant workers with clubs standing over the body of African American laborer Denis Powell during the race riots near Patenburg, Hunterdon County, N.J. Illus. in: Harper'... More

Rear view of truck carrying African Americans during the Tulsa, Okla. riot of 1921 by Alvin C. Krupnick Co., Tulsa, Okla

Rear view of truck carrying African Americans during the Tulsa, Okla. ...

Forms part of: Visual Materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records. Collection finding aid available.

Furniture in street during race riot, probably due to eviction, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1921 photo by Alvin C. Krupnick Co., Tulsa, Okla

Furniture in street during race riot, probably due to eviction, Tulsa,...

Collection finding aid available. Forms part of: Visual Materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records.

Rubble of houses in African American neighborhood in Tulsa, Okla. after race riots

Rubble of houses in African American neighborhood in Tulsa, Okla. afte...

Photo by Alvin C. Krupnick Co. Forms part of: Visual Materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records. Collection finding aid available.

Truck on street near Litan Hotel carrying soldiers and African Americans during Tulsa, Okla., race riot in 1921

Truck on street near Litan Hotel carrying soldiers and African America...

Photo by Alvin C. Krupnick Co. Forms part of: Visual Materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records. Collection finding aid available.

Headquarters staff, American Red Cross Disaster Relief Hdqs., Tulsa, Okla., after the race riot of June 1921

Headquarters staff, American Red Cross Disaster Relief Hdqs., Tulsa, O...

Photograph shows group portrait of African American and white relief workers in front of Red Cross building. Filed in: Disaster Relief Race Riots Oklahoma Tulsa, 1921. Forms part of: American National Red Cros... More

The fatal shooting of Powell stirred Negro rioters to race through Harlem streets carrying pictures of Lt. Gilligan / World Telegram & Sun photo by Dick De Marsico.

The fatal shooting of Powell stirred Negro rioters to race through Har...

Public domain photograph of New York City, Broadway, downtown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Police at Gates Ave. station in Brooklyn check loot, including several portable television sets, that had been confiscated from rioters World Telegram & Sun photo by John Bottega

Police at Gates Ave. station in Brooklyn check loot, including several...

Photograph shows police officers Tom McMahon, David Ablett, and Robert Fales documenting confiscated stolen items. Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun New... More

Part of crowd in Harlem chants and taunts police on Lenox Ave. last night / World Telegram & Sun photo by Stanley Wolfson.

Part of crowd in Harlem chants and taunts police on Lenox Ave. last ni...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Incident at 133rd St. and Seventh Ave. last night as Harlem was torn by disorder for second time / World Telegram & Sun photo by Dick De Marsico.

Incident at 133rd St. and Seventh Ave. last night as Harlem was torn b...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Title from news agency caption on item. Additional caption: The Powell shooting touched off scenes like this in the streets of Harlem. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun... More

'It really takes guts to stick' This scene occurred at Fulton St. and Nostrand Ave., in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant section today World Telegram & Sun photo by Stanley Wolfson

'It really takes guts to stick' This scene occurred at Fulton St. and ...

Photograph shows confrontation between African Americans and police with billysticks. Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection ... More

Policeman confronts a group at Seventh Ave. and 126th St. during renewed violence in Harlem / World Telegram & Sun photo by Dick De Marsico.

Policeman confronts a group at Seventh Ave. and 126th St. during renew...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

D.C. riot aftermath -- food distributing center

D.C. riot aftermath -- food distributing center

Photograph showing African American men carrying supplies from a food distribution center at a church. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact s... More

D.C. riot. April '68. Aftermath / [WKL].

D.C. riot. April '68. Aftermath / [WKL].

Photograph showing a soldier standing guard at 7th and N Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., with the ruins of buildings that were destroyed during the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, J... More

D.C. riot. April '68. Aftermath

D.C. riot. April '68. Aftermath

Photograph showing firefighters spraying water on shops, including Beyda's, Miles Shoes, and Graysons, that were burned during the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Title from con... More

D.C. riot. April '68. Aftermath

D.C. riot. April '68. Aftermath

Photograph showing members of the D.C. National Guard patrolling streets as pedestrians walk by. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet a... More

Captured negros - race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Captured negros - race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma

1921. June 1st. Captured negros on the way to the conference room during a race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Race riots in Chicago

Race riots in Chicago

1919 race riots in Chicago. 38 killed, 599 wounded mbolee

"Race Riots of 1834"

"Race Riots of 1834"

Public domain scan of a manuscript related to African American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Negroes under protection of police leaving wrecked house in riot zone.

Negroes under protection of police leaving wrecked house in riot zone.

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

"Race Riots of 1834"

"Race Riots of 1834"

Public domain scan of a manuscript related to African American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Riot damage in D.C. / [WKL]., Washington DC

Riot damage in D.C. / [WKL]., Washington DC

Photograph shows the ruins of a store in Washington, D.C., that was destroyed during the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & Wor... More

Riot damage in D.C. / [WKL]., Washington DC

Riot damage in D.C. / [WKL]., Washington DC

Photograph shows the ruins of a store in Washington, D.C., that was destroyed during the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & Wor... More