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Title: Supporters and Protestors Clash at George Wallace Rally
Date Created and/or Issued: 1968-07-19T07:00:00Z
Publication Information: Chapman University Digital Commons
Contributing Institution: Chapman University, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives
Collection: UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980
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Description: St. Louis: A Negro demonstrator (R) boos former Alabama Governor George Wallace while his supporters (L) drown out the boos with cheers during a rally of some 8,000 people, 7/19. About 40 persons, many members of militant Negro groups, disrupted Wallace's speech, shouting 'Sieg Heil' and singing 'we shall overcome'. Wallace supporters threw a few punches at the demonstrators, most of whom were led out by authorities.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/upi_african_american/110
Subject: African Americans
History
United States
Prejudice
Desegregation
Civil rights movement
Black Panthers
African American Studies
United States History
Source: UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980

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