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Associated Press Chattanooga, Tenn.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09740.072 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 helmeted police officers holding two Black men against a police car. Wire transfer information claims the men were looting following the memorial held for Martin Luther King Jr.

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