Names: Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee and Telles, Robert, 1924-1967 / Subject: Mexican Americans--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Description:: After the murder and assault convictions of 17 Mexican American youths in the Sleepy Lagoon murder case, the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee advocated for the defendants until the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the convictions as a miscarriage of justice.
Date:: Oct 1944
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives