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Mexican American youths detained for questioning

Description:: Mexican American youths in "zoot suits" are detained for questioning in a Los Angeles jail after a brawl.
Date:: ca. 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mexican American youths detained for questioning

Telles family at the Sleepy Lagoon murder case acquittal

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

Telles family at the Sleepy Lagoon murder case acquittal

Sleepy Lagoon murder case acquittal

Description:: Defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial are reunited with family and friends in the Los Angeles Hall of Justice following their acquittal.
Date:: Oct 1944
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sleepy Lagoon murder case acquittal

Authorities meet to discuss the Zoot Suit Riots

Description:: Photographed left to right are Karl Holton, Director of the California Youth Authority Robert W. Kenny, California Attorney General and Everett Mattoon, Assistant Attorney General.
Date:: 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Authorities meet to discuss the Zoot Suit Riots

Sleepy Lagoon murder case acquittal

Description:: Robert Telles, age 19, reunites with family members Betty Telles and Josie Telles in the Los Angeles Hall of Justice following his acquittal in the Sleepy Lagoon murder case.
Date:: Oct 1944
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sleepy Lagoon murder case acquittal

Sleepy Lagoon murder case acquittal

Description:: Defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial are reunited with family and friends in the Los Angeles Hall of Justice following their acquittal.
Date:: Oct 1944
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sleepy Lagoon murder case acquittal

Sleepy Lagoon murder case acquittal

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

Sleepy Lagoon murder case acquittal

Mexican American youths detained for questioning

Description:: Mexican American youths in "zoot suits" are detained for questioning in a Los Angeles jail following a brawl.
Date:: ca. 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mexican American youths detained for questioning

Sleepy Lagoon murder case acquittal

Description:: Defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial are reunited with family and friends in the Los Angeles Hall of Justice following their acquittal.
Date:: Oct 1944
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sleepy Lagoon murder case acquittal

Hollywood fundraiser for the Sleepy Lagoon defense fund

Description:: Photographed left to right are J. Edward Bromberg, Lupe Leyvas, and Dooley Wilson.
Date:: ca. 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Hollywood fundraiser for the Sleepy Lagoon defense fund