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United Press International Berkeley, Calif.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09717.04 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Berkeley, California Type: Photograph Date: 9 March 1965 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.4 cm. Order a Copy

One telephoto entitled, "Berkeley, Calif.," taken by UPI dated March 9, 1965. Image is of a crowd of protesters with city buildings visible in the background. Wire transfer information states that protest took place from UC Berkeley to Oakland City
Hall, where there were about 1,000 people present. Protesters gathered to rally against police brutality in Alabama. Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organized the protest.

Congress of Racial Equality, 1942-

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