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The Black Guards

Date: 12/11/1968

Citation:

"The Black Guards," Peoria Journal Star, Dec. 11, 1968.

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1963–1969: Civil Rights Hits Peoria Segregation and Desegregation

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Afro-American Service PatrolBlack GuardsBlack Power movementself-defense

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