CALIFORNIA COLLECTION:Civil Rights – “Outcasts! The Story of America’s Treatment of Her Japanese-American Minority”

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…was given as a reason why residents of Japanese ancestry should be denied United States citizenship. Adolf Hitler also believes that people are basically different according to race. Much of the horror he has inflicted on the world is because of his ignorance on this question. In 1932 he told the Dusseldorf Industry Club:“It is beyond question that certain traits of character,certain virtues,and certain vices always recur in people so lo…MORE

CALIFORNIA COLLECTION:Civil Rights Speech – “The Economic and Social Conditions of African Americans” (1966)

…nd thereby are more vulnerable to automation. There is more housing segregation ― 2 ― despite Fair Housing Laws and more school segregation despite the Supreme Court Decision of 1954. And here in America,the hope of the free world,never has loss of freedom in our times had so many evil omens:a Catholic priest loses his church in Selma,Alabama;a five year old Negro boy has the American flag snatched from his little hands by the police in Miss…MORE

DOCUMERICA (1971-1977):Photographer –Wil Blanche,World Trade Center,NYC,USA.

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The Newly Constructed Towers of the World Trade Center Seen From the South Side on West Street,May,1973. …MORE

DOCUMERICA COLLECTION:Wil Blanche –“World Trade Center,New York City”(1971-1977)

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THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED TOWERS OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER SEEN FROM THE SOUTH SIDE ON WEST STREET,05/1973 …MORE

DOCUMERICA (1971-1977):Photographer –Hope Alexander,World Trade Center,NYC,USA.

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ONE EXAMPLE OF LANDFILL IN MANHATTAN,NEW YORK. IS THIS SITE FOR BATTERY PARK CITY,A HUGE HOUSING COMPLEX. LANDFILL AND INCINERATION ARE ALTERNATIVES TO OCEAN DUMPING. BUT INCINERATION ADDS TO AIR POLLUTION AND LAND FILL NEEDS ADEQUATE OPEN LAND WHICH IS HARD TO FIND,AND IT IS ALSO MEANS A POTENTIAL DANGER OF POLLUTING GROUNDWATER NEAR THE DUMP SITE,06/1974. …MORE

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WARHOL COLLECTION:“Mao”(1973)

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…or both.’(K. McShine,Andy Warhol Retrospective,exh. cat.,Museum of Modern Art,New York,1989,p. 19). ‘Oh,That’s a good idea. But I was just reading in Life magazine that the most famous person in the world today is Chairman Mao. Shouldn’t it be the most famous person,Bruno?’(Andy Warhol quoted in B. Colacello,Holy Terror:Andy Warhol Close Up,New York 1990) Now seeming to stand like prophetic symbols of …MORE

 
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