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Students and townspeople line the intersection in front of the Chapel Hill Town Hall

Students and townspeople line the intersection in front of the Chapel Hill Town Hall to watch as arrested demonstrators are brought to the jail.

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Students and townspeople line the intersection in front of the Chapel Hill Town Hall

Photograph by Jim Wallace made on February 8, 1964.

Citation: Jim Wallace, “Students and townspeople line the intersection in front of the Chapel Hill Town Hall,” From the Rock Wall, accessed November 23, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/images/students-and-townspeople-line-the-intersection-in-front-of-the-chapel-hill-town-hall.

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