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Black student in Barking helps the BNP to distribute racist leaflets
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Canvassing in Maldon
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Knocked down by a cyclist
Las abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo
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Why couldn’t my parents’ friends go home
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A nervous little black boy watches a white man speak to his mother
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My first driving lesson
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Sailing under the Bay Bridge
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