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Pamela Echols grapples with a police officer during housing desegregation protests, Illinois, USA, 1967 (lemmy.world)
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[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I grew up reading the newspaper which was always mostly black and white, but because of the absolutely historic nature of the events unfolding, I can't help but believe that a journalist would document it in color. Even if they just wanted to try to win a Pulitzer for it.