Civil Rights and Social Justice Tour

The International Workers Order (IWO) was located at 80 Fifth Avenue for its entire lifetime, from 1930 until 1954.

An extraordinary confluence of organizations and people connected to African American, LGBTQ, Women's, and other civil rights struggles were located here, including some of the most significant in each of these movements. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.