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United Press International Detroit.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09735.18 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Detroit, MI Type: Photograph Date: 26 July 1967 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm. Order a Copy

One press photo of African-American men approaching the car of Cyrus Vance, Lyndon Johnson's emissary, the mayor Jerome Cavanagh, and Governor George Romney. Wire information relays that the damages incurred were worth at $100 million. On reverse side are stamps, "Racial/Detroit," "Received Examiner Reference Library, July 26, 1967."

Vance, Cyrus, 1917-2002
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Romney, George W., 1907-1995

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