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Lehman, Danny, fl. 1988 [Photograph of Mexican-American children reciting the pledge of allegiance]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09847 Author/Creator: Lehman, Danny, fl. 1988 Place Written: Brownsville, Texas Type: Photograph Date: 8 September 1988 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 26.2 cm Order a Copy

One press photograph taken by Danny Lehman dated September 8, 1988. Depicts a classroom of children reciting the pledge of allegiance. Two students hold the American flag. Text below the image predicts that the population of immigrations in the 1980s will exceed the 8.7 million by the 20th century.

Lehman, Danny, fl. 1988

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