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United Press International Detroit Demonstrators March While President Nixon Addresses Economic Club.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09735.43 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Detroit, MI Type: Photograph Date: 25 September 1971 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 17.5 x 25.5 cm. Order a Copy

One press photo of group protesters marching on Detroit street after two children were killed by police. Editorial markings on image indicate where to crop. On reverse side is a pasted newsclipping, "Racial Seg./Detroit, Mich." and "Received Examiner Reference Library, September 25, 1971."

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