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Article: Black man killed at store; protesters demand justice
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- The Philadelphia Tribune
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- August 30, 1994
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Vincent Thompson
Philadelphia Tribune, The
08-30-1994
Black man killed at store; protesters demand justice.
The fatal shooting of a Black man allegedly by employees of a Center City food market sparked a protest at the store last week by the National People's Democratic Uhuru Movement (NPDUM), a Black organization that says it fights for the rights of African-Americans.
NPDUM members gathered in front of the The Town Food Market, 13th and Lombard Street, protesting the Aug. 15 `cold blooded murder' of Marcel Williams, 25, an African-American man, who was shot by a store clerk during an altercation with Williams inside the store.
"It's like the government shoots down African people and the ...