RIOTING IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY (1968) Press photo

Np: United Press International, 1968. Vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white photo, UPI stamp on verso, fine.

From caption: “National Guardsmen stand guard while workers clean up debris inside a looted dry cleaning establishment. Troops were sent in by Gov. Nunn 5/27 to help local authorities quell rioting in the predominantly Negro West End.” The unrest in Louisville was part of a large group of insurrections which broke out all over the country after the assassination of Martin Luther King.