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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09718.03 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Photograph Date: 10 June 1965 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 25.4 cm Order a Copy

One telephoto entitled, "Chicago" taken by UPI dated June 10, 1965. Image is of protesters walking down Balboa Drive in Chicago. They are pictured marching hand-in-hand in rows. Wire transfer information states that the protest was organized against school segregation and the rehiring of school superintendent Benjamin Willis.

Willis, Benjamin, 1901-1988

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