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Forced Removal of the Arechiga Family
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photographer1959
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
Washington, United States
The Forced Removal of the Arechiga Family, Los Angeles, 1959
Courtesy of Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection/Los Angeles Public Library
In a two-hour melee, sheriff’s deputies carried Aurora Vargas from her home. Children wailed and Avrana Arechiga, the matriarch of the family, threw stones in resistance.
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- Title: Forced Removal of the Arechiga Family
- Creator: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photographer
- Date Created: 1959
- Location Created: Los Angeles, CA
- Credit Line: Courtesy of Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection/Los Angeles Public Library
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