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Folder, "THE HARVEST OF AMERICAN RACISM: The Political Meaning of Violence in the Summer of 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Series 7, Box 1 (Item)
  • . The police crack down; massive firebombing follows. With a major p·o lice effort in the late morning to re- . e stablish control of the streets , violence entered a new and ominous phase . An elite riot squad, equipped with bayonetted r ifles, was brought