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United Press International Riot Monuments.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09735.27 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Detroit, MI Type: Photograph Date: 28 July 1967 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 20.2 x 27.8 cm. Order a Copy

One press photo of woman and group of children walking through street of destroyed homes. Wire transfer contains describes homes as "substantial," the area of the riot, and people who have left to escape violence. On reverse side are stamps, "Racial/Detroit," and "Received Examiner Reference Library, July 28, 1967."

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