(CIVIL RIGHTS) Group of 12 press photographs from clashes in

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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Group of 12 press photographs from clashes in California. Wire photographs, each about 8 x 10 inches, with various inked stamps, captions, and clippings on verso; some toned, some with crop marks or inked notes on recto. Various places, 1964-1969

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Three of the photographs show CORE picketers at the 1964 Republican Convention in San Francisco. Two show the aftermath of the 8 December 1969 raid on the Los Angeles Black Panther headquarters, considered to be the first SWAT team raid in history, in which more than five thousand rounds of ammunition were fired. One shows a Panther being led to a police car in front of the headquarters, while another displays the cache of weapons seized in the raid. Also shown are a February 1969 demonstration at a Richmond, CA oil refinery; policemen returning fire against a sniper in San Francisco's Fillmore district in October 1968; and more.