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Bodies of Rwandan refugees wrapped in straw mats and blankets line the roadside. In the background, more bodies are off loaded from a truck. Because of the lack of fresh water and food as many as 50,000 people died in crudely established refugee…

My name is Bobby Chacko and I live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I migrated to the United States on September 13, 1983 from India.

I traveled with my father, sister and grandparents on from Bombay to JFK. My mother and brother had already arrived…

On March 7, protesters from Selma and Marion engaged in a march from Selma, Alabama to the state capital in Montgomery, in response to a state trooper killing a demonstrator recently. John Lewis and Hosea Williams led the march while King was in…

Student at Santa Clara University who is a member of the first Black Student Union, participating in their very first fashion show.

Black student baseball player from Santa Clara University's Yearbook, The Redwood

The image depicts a poster for a rally put on by the Black Panther Party in early 1971. Speakers Huey P Newton and Kathleen Cleaver with music by the Grateful Dead.

A black-and-white photograph showing children preparing bags of food to be distributed through the Panther Free Food Program at the Black Panther Community Survival Conference in Oakland, California. Four (4) children, two (2) boys and two (2) girls,…

A list of BLM's 7 demands taken from their website.