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Demonstration in Atlanta

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Photograph showing demonstrators gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, to demand the desegregation of the Atlanta police force in 1947. Several of the demonstrators are holding signs. The signs read: "For Negro Police"; "105,000 Negro Citizens Rate at Least 1 Negro Police"; and "Negro Police Will Aid in Law & Order."
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