Power from the Past

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Housekeepers demonstration blocks downtown streets

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Photograph taken from above an intersection where a civil disobedience action is taking place. At the center of the image, people sit in a circle cross legged, preparing to be arrested. A priest in his vestments blesses their action. A ring of hotel beds encircles them, and a few yards beyond that, a crowd of people with signs and banners.

More Images from Local 11 in the UNITE HERE records (Collection 2325), UCLA Library Special Collections.