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Title
Playing possum, say police
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1965
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Police thought they had another death to add to city's riot toll when they found this man lying face down, after the gun battle with Black Muslims at the Muslim temple. He appeared lifeless when they rolled him over, but was found to be alive and conscious though injured. Photo dated: August 18, 1965.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00039732
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 5745.
CARL0000043448
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/15577
Subject
Black Muslims--California--Los Angeles
Political activists--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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