Looter in Memphis, 1968

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Memphis Search for Meaning Committee records, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

sc.0178.061_008.002

Description

Looter in an unidentified store, Memphis, Tennessee, on March 28, 1968. A group of youths had left the march led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Main Street in support of striking sanitation workers and began breaking windows and looting stores. This image was published in a Kansas City newspaper.

Date Created

2021

Date

1968 March 28

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"Looter in Memphis, 1968" (2021). Images. 11.
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