Sunday in riot-plagued Newark
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Sunday in riot-plagued Newark

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Photograph

Associated Press

Maker
American

Sunday in riot-plagued Newark

July 16, 1967
Gelatin silver print
Image: 24 x 17.3 cm (9 7/16 x 6 13/16 in.) (including caption)
Paper: 25.4 x 20.6 cm (10 x 8 1/8 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0351.0027
Inscriptions recto (printed): (NN3) NEWARK, N.J., JULY 16-SUNDAY IN RIOT-PLAGUED NEWARK-A little girl in / her Sunday dress passes a National Guard roadblock on her way to church / on the edge of Newark's riot area Sunday morning. Guardsmen, stationed / across the street from the St. James A.M.E. Church, did not interfere / with the movement of members of the congregation. The church membership / appeared to be predominently Negro. (AP Wirephoto) (jtm11835stf-JD) 1967 / SEE AP WIRE STORY

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