Eventually a group of activists circled up, laid an American flag out on the concrete ... Additional police forces were moved in wearing riot gear, donning helmets with face-protecting visors ...

Most of the violence -- drive-by shootings, beatings, and arson -- targeted the African American community. The riots raged for nearly a week, leaving nine whites and hundreds of African Americans ...

American Experience's The Riot Report explores when Black neighborhoods across America erupted in violence during the summer of 1967. President Johnson appointed a commission to determine what ...