Documentary Photo Essay: A Day Without Immigrants (May Day) - Chicago 05.01.2006
International Worker’s Day (May Day) is celebrated in honor of working people around the world. It traces its origins to 1889 demonstrations in Chicago, where a number of workers were killed by police fire.
On May 1, 2006 the May Day was also designated as A Day Without Immigrants. In Chicago alone, about half a million people marched in opposition to House Immigration Bill HR4437. These images are a glimpse of this historic event.
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 people marched in <br>downtown Chicago. <br><br>Proposition HR4437 was never passed.','Title: No Face Problem. Color digital photograph. A participant in the Day Without Immigrants march is blurred (his body and face) to indicate that people who cross the U.S./Mexican border illegally have no face in society, no legal identity. The skyline on Michigan Street of Chicago downtown is in the background.');)
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 years.', 'Untitled. Black and white digital photograph. In Grand Park, Chicago, in front of thousands of Chicagoan immigrants, three men hold signs that read “Who’s the Illegal Alien, Pilgrim” and display a Mayan or Aztec man pointing a finger at the viewer. A reference to many images of Uncle Sam calling on Americans to volunteer for World War II or participate in other patriotic activities.');)
 event.', 'Untitled. A black and white documentary portrait of a Catholic nun from one of many Catholic churches in the Chicago land. The Catholic Church plays an active and supportive role in the issue of illegal immigration working directly with different communities and barrios of the city.');)
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