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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

Description:: A Japanese couple packs up their belongings during the 48 hour evacuation from Terminal Island.
Date:: Feb 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, visiting Los Angeles during her Chinese War Relief fundraising tour, addresses a crowd at the Hollywood Bowl on the subject of Congress's Chinese Exclusion laws.
Date:: 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Mexican American teenagers read a newspaper outside a courtroom door. The cover story headlines refer to American bombings of Japanese submarines. Photographed left to right are Ceilia Apareio, Rise Padilla, and Dan Aposo.
Date:: 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Matthews Photographic & News Service
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Description:: African American women lined up wearing swimsuits and sashes in front of an audience at the Elks Lodge in Los Angeles. One sash says "Digby Hotel."
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Description:: Ethel (Sissle) Gordon is in the center rear, behind Mildred Reed (center), holding a baby. The little boy standing to the right of Ethel Sissle is son Noble Sissle, Jr. The little girl standing in front of woman in the rear (3rd from the right) is Cynthia Sissle. 4th and 5th from the left are Eddie and Vivian Jackson. The woman standing to the right of Ethel (Sissle) Gordon is possibly Mrs. Darby(?), first name unknown.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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