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[Caged monkey on platform with sign reading "Congressman Poll Tax" displayed by the NAACP Detroit branch during their "Parade for Victory" march]

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  1. African Americans
  2. Civil Rights
  3. Demonstrations
  4. Detroit
  5. Michigan
  6. National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
  7. Photographic Prints
  8. Riots & Demonstrations
  9. Suffrage

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