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Title
March to Protest Police Shootings
Date Created and/or Issued
1970-05-19T07:00:00Z
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
Rights Information
copyrighted
UPI retains the copyright on all photographs. Permission to use photographs must be obtained from United Press International.
Description
Perry, GA.: Two hundred Negro marchers, protesting the shoot to kill mentality", step off on the first leg of their 110-march to Atlanta 5/19 afternoon. The march, sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, is scheduled to arrive in Atlanta 5/23. The marchers are also protesting the killing of six blacks in Augusta and two in Jackson, Mississippi last week during racial flareups.
Type
Image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
http://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/upi_african_american/29
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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