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Protestors walking and shouting with banners in front of the Chinese American Bank to denounce the arrest of Saleem Osman and police brutality.

Saleem Osman was a CAAAV organizer for the Lease Drivers Coalition. In March 1994, he was arrested for confronting the police to advocate for cab driver rights. Police dragged him out from his cab and assaulted him.

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Several women hold large banners as they march down the sidewalk in Times Square, watched over by a policeman.

A person holds a sign that reads “Stop the Burn, Eclipse the Sun, We Are Still Recovering From the Last A-Bomb” while another individual holds a sign whose entirety is cut from view but begins with “Can We All Get…” There is a cameraman in the…

Protestors at the 1996 Racial Justice Day March are holding signs with police brutality victims names and stories on paper cut out to look like a side profile of a cop. Visible in the photo are posters for Yong Xin Huang and David Cotto, two people…

Protestors taking part in the 1996 Racial Justice Day March from City Hall to Tompkins Square Park. Someone is holding a sign with a picture of Yong Xin Huan (a teenage victim of police brutality) his birth and death date, and text reading "We shall…

Protestors participating in the 1996 Racial Justice Day March from City Hall to Tompkins Square Park. Someone is holding a sign with a picture of Yong Xin Huan (a teenage victim of police brutality), his birth and death date, and text reading "We…

Protestors holding signs at October 26, 1993 demonstration for Kum Nam Kim outside the 20th Precinct. Visible signs in this photograph read, from left to right, "Who can we trust?", "Community demands police accountability," and "Time has expired on…

In this photo, two protestors hold up banners at the back of a school auditorium. The signs read, "WE WILL NOT!!! BE SILENCED" and "DISTRICT 24 STUDENTS = 75% LATINO ASIAN BLACK."

In 1994, District 24 in Woodside, Queens represented a 20% Asian,…

Protestors are taking part in the 1996 Racial Justice Day March from City Hall to Tompkins Square Park organized by the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights and co-sponsored by CAAAV and other groups. They are holding a banner that reads…