Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1944.

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Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1944.

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Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser from Alice Greenfield, Executive Secretary, Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee.

2 items (2 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee

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The Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee (first known as the Citizens' Committee for the Defense of Mexican-American Youth) was organized in Oct. 1942 in response to indictment of 22 young men for murder; all defendants but one were Mexican-American; 12 defendants were convicted of first degree murder by Superior Court of LA County; Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee raised funds for the appeal of the case and roused public opinion through education and publicity programs; judgments and decisions of the...

Greenfield, Alice.

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