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Associated Press Police Lead Negro From Harlem Riot Scene

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09733.13 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: 19 July 1964 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 26.5 cm, Width: 21.3 cm Order a Copy

One photograph entitled, "Police Lead Negro From Harlem Riot Scene" taken by Associated Press dated July 19, 1964. Image is of a police officer lading a cuffed Black man by the arm past a line of police officers. Wire transfer information states that the arrest followed riots in Harlem.

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