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Associated Press Washington Under Curfew

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09740.015 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 6 April 1968 Pagination: 1 telephoto ; 20.5 x 25.4 cm. Order a Copy

One telephoto entitled, "Washington Under Curfew" dated April 6, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Depicts an armed National Guardsman standing in the middle of an empty street. Wire transfer information states that a curfew commenced at 4 p.m. due to civil unrest following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

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