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

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Keywords

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

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