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Associated Press Negro Looter Shot Dead

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09740.060 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Type: Photograph Date: 8 April 1968 Pagination: 1 telephoto photograph Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 25.5 cm Order a Copy

One telephoto entitled, "Negro Looter Shot Dead" dated April 8, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of a priest praying over a 47-year old deceased Black man who is covered with a sheet. Wire transfer information states he was shot by Baltimore police who claimed he was looting.

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