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Woolworth's Protest
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A group of male and female protestors and law enforcement officers stand on the sidewalk outside of a Woolworth's department store during Freedom Summer. One of the officer's is writing on a large sheet of paper. On the far left a man holds a camera.
1964
Smith, Benjamin Eugene
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