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DimensionsOverall: 9 7/8 x 6 5/8 in. (25.1 x 16.8 cm)
Accession Number 2024.240
Classificationsphotograph
President Johnson ordered some 9,500 Army and National Guard troops to restore order during the wake of riotous looting, burning, and terrorizing by roving bands of Negro youths which began after the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King in Memphis. For two days the capital was the scene of violent unrest as pillaging and arson swept through the predominantly negro sections of the city across the downtown shopping area within two blocks of the White House... May 14, 1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Revenge Riots Sweep America: President Johnson called federal troops into the ntaion's capital yesterday to restore peace to this frightened city after a day of arson, looting and violence in the wake of the slaying of Negro civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King. Here, a trooper stands gaurd in the street as another (left) patrols a completely demolished building. Negroes in at least 20 cities demonstrated their anger in violence at the death of Dr. King, April 6, 1968
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1968
Image Not Available for Two youths use a board and mop handles to pole through water, here, left in Resurrection City after a heavy rain 6/12. The city has been plagued with rain since its erection, Washington DC, June 13, 1968
Two youths use a board and mop handles to pole through water, here, left in Resurrection City after a heavy rain 6/12. The city has been plagued with rain since its erection, Washington DC, June 13, 1968
Unknown
1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
On Guard at Fire: A District of Columbia policeman stands guard as firemen fight a blaze in auto parts store in Negro section of Northwest Washington late last night, the area still scarred by last April's riots. Rock-throwing, arson and looting broke out following the shooting of a Negro man by a white policeman, Washington D.C., October 8, 1967
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1967
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Troops wearing gas masks move along a Washington street in a predominantly Negro area. Some 4,000 Army and National Guardsmen were moved into the nation's capitol following widespread burning and looting, Washington, April 6, 1968
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Vance Muse Testifies at Lobby Probe: Vance Muse, of Texas, manager of the Southern Committee to Uphold the Constitution, was photographed as he testified before the Senate Lobby Investigation, here, today. Mr. Muse revealed the names of some of the contributors to the Southern Committee, and admitted that he had caused pictures of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt "entering a Negro meeting with two Negro escorts" to be distributed through the South, Washington DC, April 15, 1936
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1936
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Départ pour Memphis (Departure of the Prodigal Son)
Henri Mauperché
date unknown
Image Not Available for Scuffler Led Away: His face twisted with pain, an unidentified man is led away by police from the scene of the threatened race riot at Washington's Anacostia park swimming pool, June 29, 1949. The scuffle started when some 70 black youths appeared at the pool and the whites refused to let them swim. Washington, DC, June 29, 1949
Scuffler Led Away: His face twisted with pain, an unidentified man is led away by police from the scene of the threatened race riot at Washington's Anacostia park swimming pool, June 29, 1949. The scuffle started when some 70 black youths appeared at the pool and the whites refused to let them swim. Washington, DC, June 29, 1949
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1949
Image Not Available for March Director: A. Philip Randolph, international president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and national president of the Negro American Labor Council, is the director of the massive Negro match on Washington, scheduled for later this month. Randolph, 74, headed three previous marches on Washington, August 6, 1963
March Director: A. Philip Randolph, international president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and national president of the Negro American Labor Council, is the director of the massive Negro match on Washington, scheduled for later this month. Randolph, 74, headed three previous marches on Washington, August 6, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
White, Negro Pupils Get Instructions: H. B. Sanders, right, gives instructions to members of a 10th grade class at McKinley Technical High School as the new District of Columbia public school term opens today. White and negro pupils are members of the class. heretofore public schools in the nation's capital were segregated. A school official said some 400 Negroes have enrolled in previously all-white McKinley High, one of the city's larger schools, September 13, 1954
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1954
Image Not Available for Under Police Surveillance: Members of the American Nazi Party carry out their own demonstration today under close police surveillance. The swastika-wearing marchers showed up at the White House about the time Negro demonstrators were scheduled to arrive. Police hustled off the Nazis to the next block up Pennsylvania Avenue where they were permitted to march in a tight circle, June 14, 1963
Under Police Surveillance: Members of the American Nazi Party carry out their own demonstration today under close police surveillance. The swastika-wearing marchers showed up at the White House about the time Negro demonstrators were scheduled to arrive. Police hustled off the Nazis to the next block up Pennsylvania Avenue where they were permitted to march in a tight circle, June 14, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963
Image Not Available for Johnson Confers With Negro: President Lyndon B. Johnson confers in the White House office with Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a leader in the black drive for integration and equal opportunity. Wilkins was invited to the Executive Mansion by the new president. the appointment was one of many midway through a busy day, Washington DC, November 29, 1963
Johnson Confers With Negro: President Lyndon B. Johnson confers in the White House office with Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a leader in the black drive for integration and equal opportunity. Wilkins was invited to the Executive Mansion by the new president. the appointment was one of many midway through a busy day, Washington DC, November 29, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Of Mississippi Matters: Aaron Henry, Mississippi president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, appears today before a House Judiciary Subcommittee. Henry a close associate of slain negro leader Medgar W. Evers, was called to testify on racial problems in Mississippi. The subcommittee is holding hearings on proposed civil rights legislation, Washington DC, June 13, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963