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Police at George Wallace Rally
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Police wearing helmets and visors and carrying billy clubs stand in the foreground in front of a rope separating protestors from a George Wallace campaign rally in downtown Oshkosh. Several protestors carry anti-Wallace signs in the background, and one person is holding up a Nazi flag. One of the signs reads: "Come Come George! - Let Us Reason Together" and another reads: "Stand Up For Bigotry?".
October 22, 1968
Swanke, James
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