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Clementine (Fearrington) Self leads demonstrators.   Marchers almost always carried the American flag, but not the North Carolina flag, during their protests.

From left to right: Theodore “Buddy” Bynum, Lou Pearl Alston, Ruby Farrington, Clementine Self

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Photograph by Jim Wallace of Self, Clementine and Simons, Ruby Farrington.

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