During an anti-war demonstration in Harvard Square, a demonstrator dons a gas mask while standing in front of a line of policemen, Cambridge,...
Police shoot pepper spray toward a protester during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in Minneapolis...
Mounted police officers try to control the crowd after a riot broke out outside South Boston High School on Dec. 11, 1974. The clash between police...
Officers look over the aftermath of riots on Blue Hill Avenue in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, June 1967.
Police right a car overturned by rioters at corner of Washington and Northampton Streets in Boston on June 4, 1967.
Boston Police, in riot gear, are present at South Boston High School as violence flared again when a white student was stabbed in the stomach,...
Boston Police, in riot gear, are present at South Boston High School as violence flared again when a white student was stabbed in the stomach,...
View of a fireman putting out burning newspapers at a subway kiosk, during an anti-war demonstration in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachussetts,...
Protester poses for a photo in front of a burning Boston Police car on Tremont Street after a peaceful march from Dudley Square to the State House in...
Boston Police officers stand post outside Fenway Park at the corner of Brookline Avenue and Lansdowne Street after Boston won Game 7 of the American...
During an anti-war demonstration in Harvard Square, demonstrators flee as the police charge the crowd, Cambridge, Massachussetts, April 1970.
During an anti-Vietnam War protest on Boylston Street in Harvard Square, a demonstrator curls up and covers his head in the wake of lined of charging...
During an anti-war demonstration in Harvard Square, a volunteer paramedic tends to an injured protestor lying on the street, Cambridge,...
During an anti-war demonstration in Harvard Square, a policeman chases a protestor while a second protestor flees, Cambridge, Massachussetts, April...
During an anti-war demonstration in Harvard Square, riot gear clad police chase demonstrators, Cambridge, Massachussetts, April 1970.
People loot a store on Blue Hill Avenue during riots in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston on June 3, 1967.
Boston, MA- Police break up a demonstration by SDS members when they tried to prevent eviction of families from homes in the Brighton section of...
View of a demonstrator on Boylston Street as she claps and shouts during an anti-Vietnam War protest in Harvard Square, Boston, Massachusetts, April...
View of demonstrators as they run from armed police officers during an anti-Vietnam War protest in Harvard Square, Boston, Massachusetts, April 16,...
During an anti-war demonstration in Harvard Square, riot gear clad police carry off demonstrators, Cambridge, Massachussetts, April 1970.
During an anti-war demonstration in Harvard Square, a volunteer paramedic and a protestor tend to a man injured during the demonstrations, Cambridge,...
During an anti-war demonstration in Harvard Square, a demonstrator carries the legs for a store window dummy, April 1970.
During an anti-war demonstration in Harvard Square, a female protestor screams as the policemen charge the crowd, Cambridge, Massachussetts, April...
British soldiers open fire on a crowd of Bostonians, killing five people, in what became known as the Boston massacre. The Americans were...
Rioters clash with National Guardsmen called in by Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge during a strike by Boston police officers.
Colonial governor Thomas Hutchinson escaping from local rioters after demanding Stamp Tax from them. It was his refusal to return the British tea...
Protester holds up a fist in front of the burning gate of the Boston Public Garden as protestors try to barricade the police out as they get pushed...
Police cruiser burns behind the Police line near the intersection of Park and Tremont as a protest against police brutality pushes through the...
Crowd waiting in line to purchase advance tickets to a Led Zeppelin concert grows unruly at Boston Garden, Jan. 6, 1975.
Crowd of antibusing demonstrators storm up East Sixth Street in South Boston armed with rocks and clubs on Feb. 15, 1976. A demonstration erupted...
Flight of Thomas Hutchinson before the rioters, Boston, Massachusetts, 1765 . The Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, Hutchinson was forced to flee...
Outrage at the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Resulted in unrest in many US cities, including Boston. Blue Hill Avenue, shown here...
Protester fires fireworks at the police by the steps the State House to protest the death of George Floyd and call for and end to Police Racism in...
Smoke rises around police as they spray pepper spray during clashes with protesters after a demonstration over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed...
Crowd stands on top of a Boston Police cruiser in front of South Boston High School on Dec. 11, 1974. A clash between police and a crowd of 1500...
Boston Police officers flip a police cruiser back over after it was overturned by a crowd during a disturbance at South Boston High School on Dec....
From left, Deputy Police Commissioner John T. Howland, Kenneth Guscott, president of the Boston branch of the NAACP and Police Commissioner Edmund L....
The scene outside the welfare office at 515 Blue Hill Ave. In Roxbury on June 2, 1967. A group of mothers held a sit-in inside the office, and...
Rioters dressed as American Indians throwing boxes of tea into Boston Harbour, whist being urged on by a mob of Bostonians.
Group of Bostonians dressed as Native Americans dump crates of imported British tea into Boston Harbour as a protest against the British Tea Act.
During an anti-war demonstration in Harvard Square, a female protestor screams as the state troopers charge the crowd, Cambridge, Massachussetts,...
During an anti-war demonstration in Harvard Square, policemen perform a massed charge up Kennedy Street, Cambridge, Massachussetts, April 1970. A...
Workers in Downtown Crossing on Arch Street in Boston install 3/4 inch plywood boards over the windows of Marshalls and T.J. Maxx as a precaution on...
Organizers rally the people who attended a "Black Lives Matter" rally and march at Boston Common, in response to the death of George Floyd and other...
Protesters confront a row of police officers at the conclusion of a peaceful movement where they protested the death of George Floyd and other black...
Protesters demonstrate over the death of George Floyd and call for and end to police racism at the State House in Boston, Massachusetts on June 2,...
Destroyed police cruiser is guarded by officers during clashes with protesters after a demonstration over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black...
Protesters walk past a small fire during clashes with police after a demonstration over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in...
Protesters gather outside the Massachusetts State House during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in...
Demonstrators fill Government Center outside City Hall in Boston in protest of the verdict in the trial of the "Chicago seven" on Feb. 19, 1970. The...
Demonstrators march along Tremont Street in Boston in protest of the verdict in the trial of the "Chicago seven" on Feb. 19, 1970. The seven...
Weston Adams, owner of the Boston Garden, looks at debris thrown onto ice after a crowd waiting in line to purchase advance tickets to a Led Zeppelin...
