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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated August 6, 1964 reads, "The Rev. Morris Samuels, Episcopalian minister and co-action chairman of the Los Angeles chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality, left, marches in vigil mourning death of three civil rights workers in Mississippi." Demonstrators carried a black-draped coffin singing freedom songs and marching along the Spring Street side of the Los Angeles Federal Building.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Congress of Racial Equality Vigils--California--Los Angeles Civil rights demonstrations--California--Los Angeles Demonstrations--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles Sidewalks--California--Los Angeles Coffins--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Night photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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