Hartford Studies Project
Fatal shooting of Officer Jennings

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Images from the Hartford Times newspaper coverage of the fatal shooting of Hartford African-American police officer Henry Jennings on May 25, 1964.

Crowd gathers across from Hartford Hotel, where Officer Jennings was shot. [HPL]
Closer view of crowd. [HPL]
Officer Jennings' body removed. [HPL]
Police officer with drawn gun at shooting site. [HPL]
Three men chared with shooting Jennings. [HPL]
Officer Jennings' funeral procession. [HPL]
Officer Jennings' funeral procession. [HPL]
Mrs. Maebelle Jennings, Henry Jennings' widow, in fron of new home "out in the country," December, 1964. [HPL]
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