Associated Press Captured in Harlem Battle

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GLC#
GLC09733.01-View header record
Type
Images
Date
2 August 1943
Author/Creator
Associated Press
Title
Captured in Harlem Battle
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 photograph : b&w Height: 18.7 cm, Width: 26 cm
Primary time period
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Sub-Era
The New Deal

One photograph entitled "Captured in Harlem Battle" dated August 2, 1943. Image is of two Black men being led into a police station by two officers in Harlem, New York. Wire transfer information states that the men's arrest were tied to neighborhood violence between Black residents and police officers. The newspaper clipping of the photograph and caption are pasted to the back. The caption states that almost 200 people were shot and 400 people arrested.

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