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These photographs depict several murals created by youth as part of South El Monte City's outreach projects.

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This is a photo of Polo Morales with his mother during his early childhood.

A selection of YAPO show advertisements.

Poem by Christine Tran.

Text:

"Where are you from?"

LA—El Ay—Los Ángeles—Los

 
"No, where are you really from?"

I am from east of East LA, where urban meets suburban

I am from the sweat of brows in sweatshops and on construction…

This is a photograph from Ron Reeder's personal collection of the Valley Mall, the same block he depicted in his proposed mural "Godzilla Visits El Monte".

This video commemorating South El Monte’s All-America City Award for 1974-1975 outlines several of the city's initiatives that helped it earn this award, including a gang-outreach program using muralism to combat graffiti.

Newspaper article about ongoing lawsuits in the Sbicca case, showing the multiple forces at work: unions, workers rights and illegal deportations are at the center of the debate.

Newspaper article on the possible eviction of six hundred residents of Hick's Camp, Spanish-speaking community located on the bank of the Rio Hondo, immediately west of El Monte following an announcement by Stanley Hicks. Rev. John V. Coffield …