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The fatal shooting of Powell stirred Negro rioters to race through Harlem streets carrying pictures of Lt. Gilligan

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De Marsico, Dick

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1964.
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  1. African Americans
  2. Civil Rights
  3. Men
  4. New York
  5. New York (State)
  6. Photographic Prints
  7. Police
  8. Race Riots

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