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[Policemen watch as "Freedom riders" arrive in Jackson, Mississippi on a Trailways bus]

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  1. African Americans
  2. Civil Rights
  3. Jackson
  4. Mississippi
  5. Photographic Prints
  6. Police
  7. Racism
  8. Transmitted Images

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