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[Group of press photos of the 1967 Detroit riots][Decimalized .01-.43]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09735 Author/Creator: Place Written: Detroit, Michigan Type: Header Record Date: 1967-1968 Pagination: 43 photographs Order a Copy

Collection of forty-three press photographs dated 1967-1971. Images were taken by United Press International related to the Detroit Riots. Display scenes of violence, residents of Detroit amidst rubble, police activity, and other types of demonstrations.

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