Italian American Civil Rights League Bag

In 1970, one of the more bizarre chapters in Italian American history began when an infamous Italian American from Brooklyn, NY created the Italian American Civil Rights League! Formed to fight discriminatory representations of Italians in American media and news, the league exploded onto the scene with star-studded and sold out benefit concerts in Madison Square Garden, and, on June 29, 1970, they rallied nearly 100,000 Italian Americans in Manhattan’s Columbus Circle for the first ever “Italian American Unity Day”. Yet, just a year later, the second Unity Day ended in violence and bloodshed, and the IACRL quickly faded into the pages of history. But, for Italian Americans living throughout the east coast in the years between 1970-1971

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