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In these photos, a multiracial group of protestors hold signs and march behind a large banner with the words "END WHITE SUPREMACY NOW." Other visible signs read, "And WHO will PROTECT US from the POLICE?", "People of color against STATE VIOLENCE,"…

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CAAAV representatives gathering at Foley Square for the People of Color Against State Violence protest. They hold a painted banner reading "Asians Against the Racist Police State / The Committee Against Anti Asian Violence."

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A group of people stand behind a homemade memorial, which is covered in white cloth and topped with incense and candles. At the base of the memorial are signs which read "Free Palestine," "Third World," "No War No Racism," and "Guerrero No Racismo…

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A group of people are talking under the first CAAAV Banner at a protest at Howard Beach. CAAAV was there in solidarity with black organizers protesting against the police mishandling of the murder of Michael Griffith.

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Black and white photograph of a woman standing on a stage and speaking into a microphone. Three performers in traditional dress are posed behind her, one of which is playing a drum.

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Black and white photograph of three performers in traditional dress. Two of the performers kneel on the stage, while the third performer plays a drum behind them.

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A woman performer, barefoot in traditional dress, speaks into a microphone on a stand as she holds a small gong suspended on rope and a mallet in her left hand. She wears a white undershirt with three-quarter sleeves under a floor-length colorful…

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Often in archival photographs, there are images where the person or event cannot be identified. While there are elements of the photos that are unidentifiable, there is still a lot of information that can be drawn from these sources. Two particular…

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Five individuals (some in costume) dance, play the drums, and hold objects aloft during a parade. (Possibly performing a Concheros or Chichimecas dance, a pre-Hispanic and pre-Christian Mexican dance ceremony)

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Seven performers, three women and two men, are onstage. Five, all wearing white, are lined up at the very back of the stage. Two are forward from the line, a man in white wearing a cloth bag, head bowed, and a woman barefoot wearing a blue patterned…
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