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A man in bleeds on the sidewalk after he is shot by police in Watts, 1965 A man in bleeds on the sidewalk after he is shot by police in Watts on August 14, 1965. Associated Press photograph by William Reagh.	African Americans protest against police brutality in Harlem, New York, 1963 African Americans protest against police brutality in Harlem, New York, 1963. Photograph by Gordon Parks.	Bill of Rights, 1789 Bill of Rights, 1789
Black Lives Matter protest in Manhattan, New York, November 2014 Black Lives Matter protest in Manhattan, New York, November 2014.	Black Lives Matter protest on the Metro Green Line in St. Paul, Minnesota, 2015 Black Lives Matter protest on the Metro Green Line in St. Paul, Minnesota, September 20, 2015.	Cartoon by Herblock suggested police culpability for violence against black citizens, 1964 This 1964 cartoon by Herblock suggested police culpability for violence against black citizens at the height of the civil rights movement.
Cartoon of Los Angeles police officers beating African American Rodney King, 1992 After a jury acquitted four Los Angeles police officers accused of beating Rodney King in 1992, editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant used Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous words in this darkly ironic illustration of the verdict’s injustice.	Charles White’s “The Return of the Soldier” depicts a sinister collusion between an armed police officer and a Ku Klux Klansman, 1946 Charles White’s “The Return of the Soldier” (1946) depicts a sinister collusion between an armed police officer and a Ku Klux Klansman. The drawing underscores racial tensions upon the return of American soldiers after World War II.	Demonstrators outside the White House protest police brutality in Selma, Alabama, 1965 Demonstrators outside the White House protest police brutality in Selma, Alabama, 1965. Photograph by Warren K. Leffler.
Frank Murphy, U.S. Attorney General, 1940 Frank Murphy, U.S. Attorney General, January 4, 1940.	Illustration of New York City Police officers publicly beating the unemployed, 1874 Illustration of New York City Police officers publicly beating the unemployed, 1874.	Lynching graphic, part the “Report of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights,” 1946 Lynching graphic, part the “Report of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights,” 1946
Paul J. Watford, U.S. Circuit Judge, 2012 Paul J. Watford, U.S. Circuit Judge, 2012.	Paul Robeson and other members of the Civil Rights Congress submit a report to the United Nations Secretariat in New York in 1951 Paul Robeson and other members of the Civil Rights Congress submit “We Charge Genocide,” a report on police brutality, to the United Nations Secretariat in New York in 1951.	Sam Milai’s cartoon that appeared in the Pittsburgh Courier on January 20, 1968 Sam Milai’s “Police Brutality? . . Not Me!” appeared in the Pittsburgh Courier on January 20, 1968, calling attention to the continuing struggles of civil rights activists against local law enforcement.
September 1977 Texas Monthly cover Following a string of shooting and beating deaths by the Houston Police Department in the mid-1970s, Texas Monthly magazine published this issue featuring a photo illustration of police officers as members of a gang	“Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” Protestors in Ferguson, Missouri, 2014 “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” Protestors in Ferguson, Missouri on August 14, 2014.	“Justice,” one of five civil-rights issues studied by the Civil Rights Commission in 1961 “Justice” was one of five civil-rights issues studied by the Civil Rights Commission in this 1961 report. It focused narrowly and frankly on the problem of continued police brutality toward minorities.

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