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Mississippi highway patrolmen try to take an American flag from Anthony Quinn, 5, son of Mrs. Aylene Quinn of McComb, during a voting-rights protest in Jackson. After the attack, Anthony is comforted by Dr. June Finer of the Medical Committee for Human Rights. The frame in the bottom-left corner (with the arrow) won the 1965 World Press Photo Contest.
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No. 27
Matt Herron

Mississippi highway patrolmen try to take an American flag from Anthony Quinn, 5, son of Mrs. Aylene Quinn of McComb, during a voting-rights protest in Jackson. After the attack, Anthony is comforted by Dr. June Finer of the Medical Committee for Human Rights. The frame in the bottom-left corner (with the arrow) won the 1965 World Press Photo Contest.

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