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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated November 1, 1963 reads, "Three, including Jerry Farber, third from left, were later arrested on battery charges after a disturbance." The article partially reads, "Three civil rights demonstrators were arrested and carried out of the Los Angeles Board of Education offices on stretchers early today after a disturbance during an all-night sit-in protest. Board security officers made citizen arrests when several Congress of Racial Equality demonstrators allegedly tried to open closed doors to allow other protesters into the building...Among those arrested was Jerry Farber, 28-year-old leader of the recent study-in, sit-in demonstrations in protest of alleged de facto school segregation."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Congress of Racial Equality Los Angeles (Calif.).--Board of Education Civil rights demonstrations--California--Los Angeles Demonstrations--California--Los Angeles Crowds--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Corridors--California--Los Angeles Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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