Ly Kien Truc photographs of the Hi-Tek demonstrations, 1999

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Ly Kien Truc photographs of the Hi-Tek demonstrations, 1999

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This collection consists of 98 color photographic prints taken by Ly Kien Truc, publisher of , a bi-weekly Vietnamese magazine. The photographs are of the 1999 demonstrations over the posting of a portrait of Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese flag by Truong Van Tran, the owner of Hi-Tek TV and VCR, a store in Westminster, California. Although the demonstrations lasted from January 17-March 11 1999, these images highlight only certain events. The images depict protestor marches, activities, and arrests; Tran's and his wife's escorted return to Hi-Tek and the re-hanging of the display; media interviews with Tran and his wife; anti-Communist demonstrations during the Têt celebrations; and some political and organizational leaders. Van Hoa

0.2 linear feet; (1 box); 10 digitized images

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University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6660131

University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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Hồ, Chí Minh, 1890-1969

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Hi Tek TV and VCR (Westminster, Calif.)

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Online Archive of California

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Tran, Troung Van.

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Ly Kien Truc, photographer

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Background Information Truong Van Tran, Hi-Tek store owner Truong Van Tran, son of farmers and brother to six other siblings, was born in 1961 in Dong Thap, a village in southwest Vietnam. In 1980 he fled Thailand on a small boat with his cousin and sister. In June of that year he arrived in California and joined the Vo Vi meditation group. After four years of meditation study, Tran proclaimed himself a master and started lecturin...