UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980
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Identifier
35160004384203
Creation Date
12-28-1969
Subject—Topics
Civil Rights Movement
Description
Los Angeles: A woman carrying a white flag leaves the Black Panthers headquarters during a siege in which members of the Black Panthers fired automatic weapons at police officers attempting to enter the building to search for weapons reportedly stored there. Three police officers and at least two Black Panthers were reported wounded in the fray.
Format
BW Photograph, 11" x 8.5"
Source
United Press International
Keywords
African Americans, history, United States, prejudice, desegregation, civil rights movement, Black Panthers