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[Street rally in New York City, October 11, 1955, under joint sponsorship of NAACP and District 65, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Workers Union in protest of slaying of Emmett Till]

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  1. Demonstrations
  2. National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
  3. New York
  4. New York (State)
  5. Photographic Prints
  6. Till, Emmett

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