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National Guardsmen restore an uneasy peace to riot-torn Cleveland, Negro district exploded into violence, destruction and looting for the second night in a row
National Guardsmen restore an uneasy peace to riot-torn Cleveland, Negro district exploded into violence, destruction and looting for the second night in a row

National Guardsmen restore an uneasy peace to riot-torn Cleveland, Negro district exploded into violence, destruction and looting for the second night in a row

Date7/19/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: National Guardsmen restore an uneasy peace to riot-torn Cleveland, Negro district exploded into violence, destruction and looting for the second night in a row
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013572F
Sign in store window adds a touch of irony to the riot-torn streets of cleveland, Wary National Guardsmen in Jeep keep guns cocked, eyes peeled and their vehicle moving while on street patrol
Sign in store window adds a touch of irony to the riot-torn streets of cleveland, Wary National Guardsmen in Jeep keep guns cocked, eyes peeled and their vehicle moving while on street patrol
7/21/1966
'Don't burn us'. This is the agony of riot-torn Detorit, mirrored in the glass door of a Negro-owned bank where a hastily scrawled sign pleads to be s(...)
'Don't burn us'. This is the agony of riot-torn Detorit, mirrored in the glass door of a Negro-owned bank where a hastily scrawled sign pleads to be s(...)
7/26/1967
This is the scene in Newark's Ward district, scene of some of the worst of last year's riots and looting
This is the scene in Newark's Ward district, scene of some of the worst of last year's riots and looting
3/16/1968
Armed and helmeted, a Buffalo patrolman cautiously passes the B-Kwik Food Market where Negro youth were reported looting last night
Armed and helmeted, a Buffalo patrolman cautiously passes the B-Kwik Food Market where Negro youth were reported looting last night
6/29/1967
Riots-Torn India is gradually returning to normal after a wave of fighting between the Hindoos and Moslems
Riots-Torn India is gradually returning to normal after a wave of fighting between the Hindoos and Moslems
5/2/1947
Sniper bullets peppering the area forced this Negro to dive for shelter beneath a truck parked near the 10th district police station in Detroit last night
Sniper bullets peppering the area forced this Negro to dive for shelter beneath a truck parked near the 10th district police station in Detroit last night
7/25/1967
Shotgun blast victim Patrolman Joseph Hennigan lies by a squad car as racial rioting flared for the second straight night in Buffalo's Negro ghetto last night
Shotgun blast victim Patrolman Joseph Hennigan lies by a squad car as racial rioting flared for the second straight night in Buffalo's Negro ghetto last night
6/29/1967
Coffee break: David Jang, an employee of a Los Angeles car dealership, serves coffee in the pre-dawn darkness today to two National Guardsmen guarding the business from looters
Coffee break: David Jang, an employee of a Los Angeles car dealership, serves coffee in the pre-dawn darkness today to two National Guardsmen guarding the business from looters
5/1/1992
Metro police drag away a suspect during Monday's looting and rioting
Metro police drag away a suspect during Monday's looting and rioting
5/6/1992
Looting aftermath: Rudy Gutknecht, 14, and Matthew Centeno, 2, comfort each other while watching area residents clean up debris at a looted mall
Looting aftermath: Rudy Gutknecht, 14, and Matthew Centeno, 2, comfort each other while watching area residents clean up debris at a looted mall
5/2/1992
Fleeing the scene: Two Negro girls run from a Detroit shop as a national guardsman, bayoneted rifle at the ready, one of 8,000 in the embattled city, looks on
Fleeing the scene: Two Negro girls run from a Detroit shop as a national guardsman, bayoneted rifle at the ready, one of 8,000 in the embattled city, looks on
7/24/1967
Looted store in the predominantly Negro Roxbury section of Boston goes up in flames last night in the wake of three days of rioting
Looted store in the predominantly Negro Roxbury section of Boston goes up in flames last night in the wake of three days of rioting
6/4/1967