Power from the Past

Memory Work Research Initiative

Demonstrators protest President Jimmy Carter’s undocumented immigrant program, East Los Angeles, 1977

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Black and white image appears as a negative with perforated strips on top and bottom. It depicts a large demonstration down a street with a street light and signs reading "Arizona Ave." Marchers carry banners in Spanish. The sign in the front reads "Coalición Pro Leyes y Prácticas Justas de Inmigración." Another, held up high behind it reads " íAmnistia ya! / Abajo Bakke / Comite Nacional In Defensa De José J. Medina" /Asilo Politico Ahora."

Protest march down a street in East Los Angeles, with street signs for Arizona Ave. and Kern Ave. visible. Marchers hold signs. The sign in the front reads “Coalición Pro Leyes y Prácticas Justas de Inmigración.” Another, held up high behind it reads ” íAmnistia ya! / Abajo Bakke / Comite Nacional In Defensa De José J. Medina” /Asilo Politico Ahora.” These slogans were associated with CASA-HGT.