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Associated Press [Civil rights protest on August 13, 1965]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09733.34 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: 13 August 1965 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

One photograph dated August 13, 1965. Image is of people marching. Some are linked arm in arm and others hold posters. Some posters read, "I Am A Union Man Color Me White Only," "Mr. 'A' Put Segregation Away," "CORE," Unions for Black Man Too."

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