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Kinston, North Carolina, After clearing a field of sweet potatoes, pickers wait to be paid. Migrant workers, from 18 to 70 in age, are paid $.40 for each 35 to 40 pound bushel of sweet potatoes earning $48 to $60 for a full day’s work
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Kinston, North Carolina, After clearing a field of sweet potatoes, pickers wait to be paid. Migrant workers, from 18 to 70 in age, are paid $.40 for each 35 to 40 pound bushel of sweet potatoes earning $48 to $60 for a full day’s work
September 2011
2012.0799.0006
Untitled
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Untitled
2011
2012.0799.0005
Dudley, North Carolina, Oxfam and the Farm Laborer Organization Committee (FLOC) members and community leaders and activists come together for a rally on the official release of their findings uncovering abuses in the industry and recommendations.
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Dudley, North Carolina, Oxfam and the Farm Laborer Organization Committee (FLOC) members and community leaders and activists come together for a rally on the official release of their findings uncovering abuses in the industry and recommendations.
September 18, 2011
2012.0799.0004
Kinston, North Carolina, Sweet potato pickers load trucks with potatoes as they pick through a field. The workers get paid for each bushel which earned them $.40 per bushel and a bushel weighs about 35 to 40 pounds.
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Kinston, North Carolina, Sweet potato pickers load trucks with potatoes as they pick through a field. The workers get paid for each bushel which earned them $.40 per bushel and a bushel weighs about 35 to 40 pounds.
September 2011
2012.0799.0003
Inmates spend their day under tents at the section 287G that house the undocumented immigrants at tent city in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jail in Maricopa County
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Inmates spend their day under tents at the section 287G that house the undocumented immigrants at tent city in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jail in Maricopa County
2011
2012.0799.0002
Kinston, North Carolina, After clearing a field pickers take a break. Migrant workers, from 18 to 70 in age, are paid $.40 for each 35 to 40 pound bushel of sweet potatoes earning $48 to $60 for a full day’s work
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Kinston, North Carolina, After clearing a field pickers take a break. Migrant workers, from 18 to 70 in age, are paid $.40 for each 35 to 40 pound bushel of sweet potatoes earning $48 to $60 for a full day’s work
September 2011
2012.0799.0001
Police try to move demonstrators protesting the NATO Summit from Cermak and Michigan Avenue near McCormick Center. Several protesters and journalists were injured in skirmishes with police outside the convention center.
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Police try to move demonstrators protesting the NATO Summit from Cermak and Michigan Avenue near McCormick Center. Several protesters and journalists were injured in skirmishes with police outside the convention center.
May 20, 2012
2012.0798.0022
Chicago, Illinois, A group of protestors tries to shove through a police line less than a block from the NATO summit in Chicago.
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Chicago, Illinois, A group of protestors tries to shove through a police line less than a block from the NATO summit in Chicago.
May 20, 2012
2012.0798.0021
Chicago, Illinois, From Oakland to New York to Madrid to Hong Kong, Occupy demonstrations included the Guy Fawkes mask, as first shown in the film V for Vendetta and referring to the 17th century British conspirator.
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Chicago, Illinois, From Oakland to New York to Madrid to Hong Kong, Occupy demonstrations included the Guy Fawkes mask, as first shown in the film V for Vendetta and referring to the 17th century British conspirator.
October 3, 2011
2012.0798.0020
Demonstrators take part in a protest at Occupy Chicago protests outside the Bank of America building and the Reserve Bank on October 4, 2011
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Demonstrators take part in a protest at Occupy Chicago protests outside the Bank of America building and the Reserve Bank on October 4, 2011
October 4, 2011
2012.0798.0019
Demonstrators take part in a night protest at Occupy Chicago protests outside the Bank of America building and the Reserve Bank on October 3, 2011
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Demonstrators take part in a night protest at Occupy Chicago protests outside the Bank of America building and the Reserve Bank on October 3, 2011
October 3, 2011
2012.0798.0018
Demonstrators take part in a protest at Occupy Chicago protests outside the Bank of America building and the Reserve Bank on October 4, 2011
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Demonstrators take part in a protest at Occupy Chicago protests outside the Bank of America building and the Reserve Bank on October 4, 2011
October 4, 2011
2012.0798.0017
Demonstrators take part in Occupy Chicago protests march around downtown Chicago on October 4,. The protest is one of many around the country held in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests currently taking place in New York City
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Demonstrators take part in Occupy Chicago protests march around downtown Chicago on October 4,. The protest is one of many around the country held in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests currently taking place in New York City
October 4, 2011
2012.0798.0016
Demonstrators take part in Occupy Chicago protests on October 10 , 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Thousands of people march through downtown Chicago,
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Demonstrators take part in Occupy Chicago protests on October 10 , 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Thousands of people march through downtown Chicago,
October 10, 2011
2012.0798.0015
[Signs about the 99% versus the 1% in front of store window]
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
[Signs about the 99% versus the 1% in front of store window]
ca. 2011
2012.0798.0014
Demonstrators take part in Occupy Chicago protests outside the Bank of America building and the Reserve Bank on October 3, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois.
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Demonstrators take part in Occupy Chicago protests outside the Bank of America building and the Reserve Bank on October 3, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois.
October 3, 2011
2012.0798.0013
Chicago, Illinois, Nighttime rally in front of the Art Institute on Michigan Avenue. Thousands of protesters marched 5 miles from downtown Chicago to the NATO Summit in order to demonstrate against the war in Afghanistan and [...]
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Chicago, Illinois, Nighttime rally in front of the Art Institute on Michigan Avenue. Thousands of protesters marched 5 miles from downtown Chicago to the NATO Summit in order to demonstrate against the war in Afghanistan and [...]
May 20, 2012
2012.0798.0012
Madison, Wisconsin, Opponents to the government's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers protesters in the rotunda of the state capital.
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Madison, Wisconsin, Opponents to the government's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers protesters in the rotunda of the state capital.
February 2011
2012.0798.0011
About 75 Occupy Chicago protesters held sit-ins outside at least two Bank of America branches in downtown, before joining a much larger protest rally in honor of May Day
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
About 75 Occupy Chicago protesters held sit-ins outside at least two Bank of America branches in downtown, before joining a much larger protest rally in honor of May Day
May 1, 2012
2012.0798.0010
Chicago, Illinois, Thousands of people march through downtown Chicago, snarling traffic as they converge at the Art Institute to protest against issues ranging from high unemployment and foreclosures to lack of school funding.
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Chicago, Illinois, Thousands of people march through downtown Chicago, snarling traffic as they converge at the Art Institute to protest against issues ranging from high unemployment and foreclosures to lack of school funding.
ca. 2011
2012.0798.0009
Chicago, Illinois, Demonstrators take part in a protest at Occupy Chicago outside the Bank of America building and the Reserve Bank.
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Chicago, Illinois, Demonstrators take part in a protest at Occupy Chicago outside the Bank of America building and the Reserve Bank.
October 4, 2011
2012.0798.0008
Chicago, Illinois, Police try to move demonstrators protesting the NATO Summit near McCormick Center. Several protesters and journalists were injured in skirmishes with police outside the convention center
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Chicago, Illinois, Police try to move demonstrators protesting the NATO Summit near McCormick Center. Several protesters and journalists were injured in skirmishes with police outside the convention center
May 20, 2012
2012.0798.0007
Chicago, Illinois, Demonstrators take part in a protest at Occupy Chicago protests outside the Bank of America building and the Reserve Bank in Chicago, Illinois.
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Chicago, Illinois, Demonstrators take part in a protest at Occupy Chicago protests outside the Bank of America building and the Reserve Bank in Chicago, Illinois.
October 4, 2011
2012.0798.0006
Demonstrators take part in Occupy Chicago protests outside the Bank of America building and the Reserve Bank on October 3, 2011
Photograph
Carlos Javier Ortiz
Demonstrators take part in Occupy Chicago protests outside the Bank of America building and the Reserve Bank on October 3, 2011
October 3, 2011
2012.0798.0005
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