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This image was taken by a photojournalist working under the employ of the Associated Press, a US news agency founded in 1846 and still in operation today. These photographers endeavored to take in-focus, direct, and straightforward illustrations that would clearly communicate important events with the American public. Documentary photography of social protest movements (and particularly police violence) played a major role in shaping public opinion in these years. 

 


DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (16.5 x 21.6 cm)
Accession Number 2025.231
Classificationsphotograph
ProvenanceJeff Perry; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 2025]
Tolerance Group in Washington: A committee representing the Chicago Council against racial and religious discrimination, visits Attorney General J. Howard McGrath at Washington, D.C., September 27, to bring to his attention the events revolving about the rioting in Cicero, Illinois last July when a colored family was prevented from moving into an apartment by a mob which was quelled by the Illinois National Guard. The attorney general advised that on the basis of investigation by the FBI, he intended to present these vents before a federal grand jury for further exploration..., September 28, 1951
Image Not Available for Tolerance Group in Washington: A committee representing the Chicago Council against racial and religious discrimination, visits Attorney General J. Howard McGrath at Washington, D.C., September 27, to bring to his attention the events revolving about the rioting in Cicero, Illinois last July when a colored family was prevented from moving into an apartment by a mob which was quelled by the Illinois National Guard. The attorney general advised that on the basis of investigation by the FBI, he intended to present these vents before a federal grand jury for further exploration..., September 28, 1951
Image Not Available for Thirty white and Negro parents and some children, conducted a shouting camp-in at the office of Attorney General John N. Mitchell to protest against any possible weakening of school desegregation guidelines. The demonstrators were from Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and South Carolina, July 1, 1969
Thirty white and Negro parents and some children, conducted a shouting camp-in at the office of Attorney General John N. Mitchell to protest against any possible weakening of school desegregation guidelines. The demonstrators were from Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and South Carolina, July 1, 1969
Unknown
1969
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Tours "Battle Front": General Ralph E. Haines Jr. the Army's Vice chief of staff and commander of troops in Washington, views military installations yesterday from a bus tour with the capital city's Mayor Walter Washington to quell violence following the death of Dr. Martin Luthe rKing Jr. Troops are still in the city although there hasn't been serious trouble since Saturday night, April 12, 1968
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Hon. Elihu B. Washburne, of Illinois, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce (From a photograph by Brady)
Winslow Homer
March 17, 1860
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Video Site Documentation: Mercedes, Cahokia Mound Site, near Monks Mound, Illinois, U.S.A., from "Ryoichi Excavations"
Patrick Nagatani
1986/2001
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Scrambles track, McHenry, Illinois
Danny Lyon
1966, printed 2006
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Racers, McHenry, Illinois
Danny Lyon
1965-1966, printed 2006
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Andy, meeting at the Stoplight, Cicero, Illinois
Danny Lyon
1965, printed 2006
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Outlaw women, Starved Rock picnic, Illinois
Danny Lyon
1965-1966, printed 2006
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Brucie, his CH, and Crazy Charlie, McHenry, Illinois
Danny Lyon
1966, printed 2006
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Cal, Springfield, Illinois
Danny Lyon
1965-1966, printed 2006
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Benny at the Stoplight, Cicero, Illinois
Danny Lyon
1966, printed 2006
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Brucie at the Stoplight Café, Cicero, Illinois
Danny Lyon
1966, printed 2006