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Riot damage in D.C.

Photograph shows the ruins of a store in Washington, D.C., that was destroyed during the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King,…

D.C. riot. April '68. Aftermath

Photograph showing firefighters spraying water on shops, including Beyda's, Miles Shoes, and Graysons, that were burned during the riots that followed…

Filipino migrant workers in Salinas

Filipino migrant workers picking lettuce at Salinas, California

Workers on Strike

Citrus Packers
Entire Corona citrus packing house workers on strike.

Pickets protesting use of braceros in lettuce harvest in Imperial Valley, Calif., 1961

PICKET CONSULATE-The use of braceros in Imperial Valley lettuce harvest is protested here by pickets marching at Mexican Consulate, 354 S Spring St.

Statement on Signing the National Industrial Recovery Act

In this statement issued on June 16, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt explains the goals and significance of the National Industrial Recovery Act…