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Members of the Japanese drumming ensemble Soh Daiko play percussion instruments during a Taiko performance at CAAAV’s Benefit titled The Rhythm is Ours! Some performers are sitting, while others are standing. The image is captured in black and white.…

Members of Soh Daiko play taiko drums in Union Square as part of Asian Pacific Heritage Day on May 7, 1995. They are dressed in red, white and black. Attendees can be seen in front of and behind the musicians.

Image showing a sign that reads "sleep deprivation chamber" under a CAAAV seal. The signs appear to be taped to a window or door.

A group of people at a demonstration against home care companies, with two unseen people holding signs, one mostly cut out and another that reads "SLAVERY EXITS IN NEW YORK! CHECK THE MOTHER of PERPETUAL HOME CARE!", and man holding a flier towards…

A group of people at a demonstration that show five women holding a sign that reads, "SISTA SISTA Freedom School 4 Young Women of Color."

Two people lean down on a table filling out paper on clipboards.

A green highway sign reading "Exit 3, 8 Ave, 7 Ave, 1/2 Mile" is bolted to the side of a pedestrian bridge over a highway. A large handmade sign is hung from the chain link fence protecting the bridge beside it which reads, "Rights for All Workers."

Anibal Carrasquillo Jr. was 21 years old when he was shot in the back by NYPD officer Marco Calderon on January 22, 1995, under the suspicion of looking into vehicles. [1]
Two months later, on March 25, 16-year-old Yong Xin Huang was shot in the…

Individual holding a sign stating, "Stop Killing Our Black Sons-End Racial Profiling." Likely part of a larger interracial protest for racial justice.

The side of a building in Chinatown with graffiti in it. There is also a wooden wall with posters on it.