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[NAACP members picketing outside the Republic Theatre, New York City, to protest the screening of the movie "Birth of a Nation," close-up view of demonstrators]

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  1. Motion Pictures
  2. National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
  3. New York
  4. New York (State)
  5. Photographic Prints
  6. Pickets
  7. Riots & Demonstrations

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