This series contain images of the 38th annual LatinoFest in Baltimore, MD. The event was sponsored by EBLO.org; an education-based Latino outreach organization, which has been active in the community since 1980. The festival took place at Patterson Park on June 23 and 24. Other celebrations included in this series are the Chinese Lunary New Year Parade, and the Baltimore Caribbean Carnival. In addition, there are research photographs taken in Baltimore, MD for the museum's "Gateways/Portales" exhibition of businesses, murals (including those0 honoring slain Baltimorean Freddie Gray, Eastern Avenue, Highlandtown, Greek and Latinx neighborhoods. Images documenting food trucks outside Maryland Avenue, SW in DC are also present in this series.
Views of historic Anacostia and the neighborhoods of Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights comprise the majority of public spaces documented.
Events photographed in this grouping include the Goodman League Basketball team, a demonstration of lion dancing techniques by members of the Wong People Lin Team at the Chinatown Community Cultural Center in DC, and the Channing Phillips Home opening, at Shaw Metro Station in Washington, DC.
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