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DimensionsSheet: 6 5/8 × 8 3/4 in. (16.8 × 22.2 cm)
Image: 6 × 8 1/8 in. (15.2 × 20.6 cm)

Accession Number 2021.125

Classificationsphotograph

InscriptionsRellion? (verso u,l blue ink, underlined) CVL-RT-572 2000 (verso l,l graphite) PICTURE BY CABLE LN 553506 US LONDON BUREAU (WAP-040513) NEGROES IN THE RAMPAGE WASHINGTON D.C. : NEGROES ROAM THE STREET OF THE NATION’S APITAL YESTERDAY IN OUTBURSTS OF VIOLENCE AND VANDALISM TRIGGERED OFF BY THE SLAYING OF NEGRO LEADER DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING. SERIOUS DAYLIGHT LOOTING SPREAD THROUGH THE CITY AND PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND REGULAR ARMY TROOPS WERE SENT TO THE CITY TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER. A CURFEW WAS ALSO IMPOSED. ONE MAN WAS REPORTED KILLED AND SCORES OF OTHERS INJURED. MORE THAN 300 ARRESTS WERE MADE. 6TH APRIL 1968PN-HB UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL (verso, paper with typed blue ink adhered to sheet)

ProvenanceJeff Perry, New York [acquired by 2019]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2021]