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Attendees at the CAAAV "The Rhythm is Ours!" fundraiser line up and grab food from a buffet table. Held at the Public Theater, the benefit featured performances by drumming groups that represented a wide range of New York ethnic communities.

Images from a Brooklyn community forum on police brutality, sponsored by CAAAV and Communities for Advancement of Police Accountability. The first two images show a man presenting to a small audience, holding paper. Beside him (on his right-hand…

Bronx 12 Evening Edition news report before YLP Welfare demonstration on August 23, 2000. The demonstration ended in a successful shut down of a major North-Bronx welfare center and over 80 CAAAV members participating.

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Broken and dirty tile floor.

Man of African-American or Black descent gives a breakdancing performance onstage. Another man of unknown ethnicity watches from farther back on the stage.

Black and white photograph of five people on a stage, four watching in the background and one man breakdancing in the foreground.

Black and white photograph of five people on a stage, four watching in the background as one man is breakdancing in the foreground.

A man is performing a breakdance move while three other dancers, one woman, and two men, stand behind him onstage.

A group of people at a demonstration, walking in a circle in front of an office building, with one woman holding a sign that reads, "BREAK THE SILENCE: EXPOSE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN."

A boy stands on a stage in ceremonial dress, including a beaded necklace and a staff. Behind him are two men, also dressed ceremonially and holding rattles.