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NAACP Youth Council Commandos
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Three members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council Commandos (Milwaukee) kneel over George Wallace presidential campaign materials. All three young men wear berets and shirts with the name of their organization.
1968
Harris, Thomas
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