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He'll join Negro struggle. Olympic gold medallist Milt Campbell, a Cooksville resident for 8 years
He'll join Negro struggle. Olympic gold medallist Milt Campbell, a Cooksville resident for 8 years

He'll join Negro struggle. Olympic gold medallist Milt Campbell, a Cooksville resident for 8 years

Date8/29/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: He'll join Negro struggle. Olympic gold medallist Milt Campbell, a Cooksville resident for 8 years, is chucking the wonderful life here to take wife Barbara, son Justin, 6, and two other children back to U.S. where he'll join civil rights movement. He decided to go back after witnessing riots in New Jersey this summer.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0036123F
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