UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980

 

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Identifier

35160004311198

Creation Date

5-19-1970

Subject—Topics

Black history; Civil rights

Description

Perry, GA.: Two hundred Negro marchers, protesting the shoot to kill mentality", step off on the first leg of their 110-march to Atlanta 5/19 afternoon. The march, sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, is scheduled to arrive in Atlanta 5/23. The marchers are also protesting the killing of six blacks in Augusta and two in Jackson, Mississippi last week during racial flareups."

Format

BW photograph, 9" x 11"

Source

United Press International

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Keywords

African Americans, history, United States, prejudice, desegregation, civil rights movement, Black Panthers

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