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[Attorney Chevene Bowers King, head bandaged and shirt bloodied, after being assaulted by Sheriff D.C. Campbell in Albany, Georgia]

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1962 July 28.
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  1. Albany
  2. Civil Rights
  3. Georgia
  4. King, Chevene Bowers
  5. Photographic Prints
  6. Racism
  7. Transmitted Images
  8. Wounds & Injuries

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