[CIVIL RIGHTS]. Press photograph of Washington, DC, police arresting a white male for purportedly heckling demonstrators during a "march for freedom." Washington, DC, 15 June 1963.

8 x 10 in. silver gelatin photograph (small staple holes in lower margin, few spots). Caption in negative in lower margin. Notations, ink stamps, and newspaper clipping on verso, with headlines, "2,000 Boo, Cheer Bobby on Rights in Capital March." The partial clipping references a two-hour "march for freedom" through Washington, capped by a meeting with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.

The photograph captures three police, including an African American officer, seizing a young white man who was accused of heckling African American and white demonstrators.

Property from a 35-Year Collection from the Southern United States

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[CIVIL RIGHTS]. Press photograph of Washington, DC, police arresting a white male for purportedly heckling demonstrators during a "march for freedom." Washington, DC, 15 June 1963.

Property from a 35-Year Collection from the Southern United States

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[CIVIL RIGHTS]. Press photograph of Washington, DC, police arresting a white male for purportedly heckling demonstrators during a "march for freedom." Washington, DC, 15 June 1963.

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[CIVIL RIGHTS]. Press photograph of Washington, DC, police arresting a white male for purportedly heckling demonstrators during a "march for freedom." Washington, DC, 15 June 1963.