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Group of children with Maryknoll missioners at Japanese Relocation Camp, Manzanar, California, ca. 1944

Photograph of Fr. Leo Steinbach, MM, and Maryknoll Sisters Bernadette and Susanna with a group of children. They stand in front of a tar paper…

Aaron v. Cooper Lawsuit Brief Supplement

Aaron v. Cooper appellees file supplemental information, 1957.

Little Rock Nine Being Escorted into Central High School

101st Airborne soldiers escort black students into Central High School.

Koreatown Interviews about LA Riots

On-the-ground raw footage and interviews taken in Koreatown four days after the LA Riots. Includes interviews of passerby, and Ruben Martinez,…

Store burned during L.A. riots

The remnants of Graf's Camera, located at 4129 Beverly Blvd., as seen after it burned down during the 1992 riots.

"Statistical Data Children in Children's Village"

Statistics on number and ages of children in the Manzanar Children's Village

Photograph of children sitting on a bench at Manzanar

Photograph of two small children sitting on a bench in the hospital garden at Manzanar incarceration camp.
The collection was donated by Ralph "Pete"…

Tom's Liquor store cleanup, Los Angeles, 1992

A group of people clean up debris in front of Tom's Liquor at 1355 West Florence Ave., a flash point of the 1992 Los Angeles rebellion after the…

America, Race Relations, and Mob Violence

Uncle Sam lays sprawled on the sidewalk in front of a burning storefront called "America." Further down the street gathers a group labeled "mob…

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Opinion; May 17, 1954; Records of the Supreme Court of the United States.

In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled…