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Associated Press Chattanooga, Tenn.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09740.071 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Chattanooga, Tennessee Type: Photograph Date: 9 April 1968 Pagination: 1 telephoto ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm. Order a Copy

One telephoto entitled, "Chattanooga, Tenn.," dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of police officer confronting two people walking in Chattonooga. Wire transfer information claims that the two men were looters. Also details that a disturbance broke out after a memorial held for Martin Luther King Jr. 500 students marched in his honor.

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