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Associated Press Killed By Snipers

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09740.075 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Kansas City, Missouri Type: Photograph Date: 10 April 1968 Pagination: 1 telephoto ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm. Order a Copy

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One telephoto entitled, "Killed by Snipers" dated April 10, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of three National Guardsmen carrying a dead Black man by his feet and arms. Wire transfer information statest the young man had been shot by snipers.

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