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A part of Ronald Reagan's expansive war on drugs, the 'just say no' campaign was an advertising effort to discourage children from trying illicit drugs.

Approximately 80% of all arrested suspects wanted for possession of illicit substances, are African Americans. The war on drugs has consistently forced young, African-American males into a vicious cycle of poverty, unemployment and incarceration. The…

In 1968 the abused, neglected and repressed American-Indian native populations began to fight back against their oppressors. Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM), led his people into confrontation with the government and…

Chicano Moratorium protesters outside the Marine Corps recruiting station

National Chicano Moratorium gathered more than 30,000 activists, students, families and their children to the march down Whittier Blvd. in East Los Angeles

Chicanos walk from Belvedere Park to Laguna Park in protest of Vietnam War

Police regrouping from the rioters after the events at Laguna (Salazar) Park

Following the rally and the murder of Ruben Salazar, Los Angelites rioted through the streets.

1919 photo