82nd Airborne marching on Hillsborough Street during demonstration following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Title

82nd Airborne marching on Hillsborough Street during demonstration following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Description

This photograph, taken shortly after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., is a bit of a puzzle. The 82nd Airborne, as active troops, were not allowed to carry weapons against American citizens. Therefore, likely, the troops were marching in some sort of activity or demonstration, and not as a show of strength against riots.

Creator

Unknown

Source

Unknown, 82nd Airborne marching on Hillsborough Street during demonstration following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., April 1968. Accessed October 22, 2014, http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/0228008

Date

1968-04-XX

Contributor

Samantha Vandermeade

Subject

US Army, Hillsborough Street

Type

still image

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Collection

Citation

Unknown, “82nd Airborne marching on Hillsborough Street during demonstration following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.,” The State of History, accessed March 29, 2024, https://soh.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/598.