workingclasshistory: On this day, 14 July 1970, Puerto Rican... 14

workingclasshistory: On this day, 14 July 1970, Puerto Rican street gang-turned activist group the Young Lords occupied Lincoln Hospital’s major administrative building in response to the city’s indifference to the health needs of Puerto Ricans and African Americans in the South Bronx and the deplorable conditions of health care delivery...

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workingclasshistory:On this day, 15 June 1990, the Battle of... 14

workingclasshistory: On this day, 15 June 1990, the Battle of Century City took place, as police in Los Angeles attacked striking janitors and their supporters during a peaceful Service Employees International Union demonstration. Janitors in the Century City office complex, most of whom were employed by cleaning contractor ISS, had gone...

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thunderstruck9: Devin Leonardi (American, 1981-2014), Roundup,... 14

thunderstruck9: Devin Leonardi (American, 1981-2014), Roundup, 2010. Acrylic on paper, 20 x 29 in....

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Letter from Hebert Hoover recalling Harrison’s time at Stanford.... 11

Letter from Hebert Hoover recalling Harrison’s time at Stanford. Praise also for Harrison’s speeches during the 1896 campaign...

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Lua, Estrela e Enforcado no Tarot. como se manifesta a ilusão nos arcanos maiores.  oioioi comecei um canal no youtube vai la inscreva-se comente e me digam o que acharam do conteudo. me digam qual assunto vc quer nos proximos videos 0:00 / 13:00 #Lua, #Estrela e #Enforcado no #Tarot. como se manifesta a ilusão nos arcanos maiores. qual...

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workingclasshistory: On this day, 27 October 1970, the Nixon... 14

workingclasshistory: On this day, 27 October 1970, the Nixon administration passed the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act, as part of their “war on drugs”. A Nixon adviser, John Ehrlichman, later admitted “The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and Black people....

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“Battle of Bailleul. Men of the Middlesex Regiment holding a... 13

“Battle of Bailleul. Men of the Middlesex Regiment holding a street barricade in Bailleul, 15 April 1918, just before the fall of the town.“ Taken by photographer John Warwick Brooke. Source: Imperial War Museum...

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A collection of photographs of Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West... 13

A collection of photographs of Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), and the Potomac River taken between 1859 and 1861. These are some of the earliest photographs taken in Harpers Ferry. The photos were published by Edward Anthony and the New York Stereoscopic Company...

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A collection of early Kodak snapshots of western Florida taken... 13

A collection of early Kodak snapshots of western Florida taken by amateur photographer Joseph John Kirkbride in 1889 and 1890. Source: Library of Congress...

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