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Riot Area [an individual identified by Atlanta police as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee is pictured, see information on written on back of image.]View of a crowd of people, including individuals identified as members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on Ormand Street in the Summerhill neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia during a riot.On September 6, 1966 a riot involving several thousand people occurred in the Summerhill neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia after Atlanta police shot a suspected car thief.

Record Contributed By

Atlanta History Center

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia