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United Press International New York School Boycotts

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09733.03 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: February 3, 1964 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 26.3 cm Order a Copy PDF Download(s): PDF copy (image only)

One photograph entitled, "New York," taken by United Press International dated February 3, 1964. Features protestors marching across the Brooklyn Bridge, holding posters calling for the end of segregation and for equal opportunity education. Caption explains that the route went from City Hall to the Brooklyn Board of Education and that a third of the city students boycotted schools.

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