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United Press International This Was Their Home Sweet Home--Before the Riots.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09735.22 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Detroit, Michigan Type: Photograph Date: 27 July 1967 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 22.8 cm Order a Copy

One press photo of a group of women and child infront of rubble and destroyed homes. Markings on image indicate where to crop and manipulating the image. On reverse side is a newsclipping pasted with tag "This was their home, sweet home--before the riots," and stamps "Racial/Seg/Detroit--Riots," and "Received Examiner Reference Library, July 27, 1967."

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