From left to right, the older woman is seemingly preparing to read aloud from a pink flashcard, while the man to her right is giving her a gentle side hug. To the far left, a man holding the flags of Ecuador and the United States looks towards the…
CAAAV demonstration and march in lower Manhattan for Racial Justice Day on April 7, 1997. Activists in front of photo hold the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence banner, others in background hold signs - one of which reads "Police Abuse Against…
Activists protesting against the detainment of undocumented immigrants. Four demonstrators hold a sign that reads "Centro de Trabajadores Latinos / Latino Worker Center / Amnistia Para Los Indocumentados." A Puerto Rican flag is partially visible…
An activist stands onstage and speaks into a microphone. They hold a poster that reads "No War No Racism" and "People of Color for Peace & Justice" in English, Arabic, and Spanish. They wear a button that reads "War is not the answer."
On July 27, 1999, inmates at Wackenhut Immigration Detention Center in Queens went on a hunger strike, demanding the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) review pending parole for political asylum cases and improve the conditions in the…