Arrest sparked riot
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Photograph
Arrest sparked riot
July 17, 1967
Gelatin silver print
Image: 14 x 9.5 cm (5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.)
Paper: 17.7 x 12.1 cm (6 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0351.0012
Inscriptions recto (typed on attached paper): D 7421 (NY14) / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / ARREST SPARKED RIOT / JOHN WILLIAMS SMITH, NEWARK, N.J., TAXI / DRIVER WHOSE ARREST JULY 12 WAS BLAMED / FOR STARTING RACIAL UNREST IN THAT / CITY, WAS RELEASED WITHOUT BAIL / JULY 15. SMITH, 40, FACES HEARING / ON CHARGES OF ASSAULTING TWO POLICE / OFFICERS. THIS IS A RECENT PHOTO. / WCM/R 1020A 7/15/67 HO 43 / NYO NYT CBS-2 NN NSL HT STAATS LON / PAR SS ROM GER PR-3 TMC NSWK WW
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