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Gordon Coster1943-06-20

LIFE Photo Collection

LIFE Photo Collection
New York City, United States

Pair of zoot suit wearing African American men walking down the street and after wartime race riots between blacks and whites were put down w. Army troops and martial law.

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  • Date: 1943-06-20
  • Location: Detroit, MI, US
  • Physical Dimensions: B/W PRINT
  • Subject Keywords: Riots, Men, Us, Suits, Race Prejudice, American, Zoot, Fashions, 1940S, 1940s
  • Publisher: TimeLife
  • Usage: For personal non-commercial use only
  • Provider: LIFE
  • Photographer: Gordon Coster
  • Original ID: TimeLife_image_588197
  • Credits: LIFE
  • Copyright: © Time Inc.
LIFE Photo Collection

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