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Associated Press Troopers in action

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09734.04 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Selma, Alabama Type: Photograph Date: 7 March 1965 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 25.5 cm Order a Copy

One wirephoto entitled, "Troops in Action" taken by Associated Press dated March 7, 1965. Image is of state troopers removing a protester in front of a gas station. Wire transfer information states that state troopers wore gas masks while breaking up a march in Selma, Alabama.

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