Born on this day in 1895, the great American documentary photographer
#DorotheaLange recorded—with empathy and sensitivity—the plight of migrants, dust bowl refugees and victims of racial hatred.
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📷: Dorothea Lange, 'Oakland, Calif. (1117 Oak Street)
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Residents of Japanese ancestry waiting for evacuation buses which will take them to the Tanforan Assembly Center under Civilian Exclusion Order No. 28, May 6, 1942.' (Courtesy of
@oaklandmuseumca)