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United Press International Detroit.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09735.34 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Detroit, Michigan Type: Photograph Date: 31 July 1967 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 27.9 x 21.5 cm. Order a Copy

One press photo of a man peering into the backside of car's broken window. Wire transmission describes that the National Guardsmen took away "3 shaggy-haired white youths," found with snipers' arsenal. On reverse side are stamps "Racial Segregation/Detroit, Mich." and "Received Examiner Reference Library, July 31, 1967."

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