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United Press International Rioters rampaged through streets...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09735.41 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Detroit, Michigan Type: Photograph Date: 2 March 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 27.7 cm Order a Copy

One press photo of crowds running through a street in Detroit. Above wire transmission is a note that the image would be use to report on the president's commission on riots. Photo attributed to AP Wirephoto. On reverse side is a stamp, "Received Examiner Reference Library, March 2, 1968." Also pasted is a newsclipping with tag, "Detroit--Rioters rampaged through streets in last summer's riots worst urban explosion in the nation."

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