Chicago, Illinois, USA, 29th August, 1986 Hundreds of police and demonstrators clashed during a tense three hours Saturday as the Ku Klux Klan and a black civil rights group attempted to hold simultaneous rallies in a city park that has been the site of racial confrontations since the 1960s. At least eight policemen were injured and 17 persons arrested in and around Marquette Park. In between, in a third confrontation, police on foot and horseback kept hundreds of angry young whites from attacking about 20 young blacks Credit: Mark Reinstein
Chicago, Illinois 8-29-1986 Hundreds of police and demonstrators clashed during a tense three hours Saturday as the Ku Klux Klan and a black civil rights group attempted to hold simultaneous rallies in a city park that has been the site of racial confrontations since the 1960s. At least eight policemen were injured and 17 persons arrested in and around Marquette Park. In between, in a third confrontation, police on foot and horseback kept hundreds of angry young whites from attacking about 20 young blacks who tried to march into the portion of the mile-square park reserved for the klan's "white power" rally. Credit: Mark Reinstein
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Location: Marquette Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA,
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