Records, 1942-1945.

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Records, 1942-1945.

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Collection contains correspondence, publications, publicity materials, radio scripts, office records, petitions, and research materials of the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee. Research materials include articles about Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles. Also includes an article from Guy Endore. A transcript of the Sleepy Lagoon trial is also in the collection.

11 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)2 oversize boxes.

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7399732

University of California, Los Angeles

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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...

McGrath, Alice, 1917-2009

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Alice Greenfield was born in 1917; the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants, she grew up in Los Angeles, CA; went to work as the executive secretary for the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee, 1942-44; married briefly to poet Thomas McGrath and later married martial arts instructor and author Bruce Tegner; wrote books on and taught self-defense for women for twenty-five years; worked with Luis Valdez on his play, Zoot suit, which was based on the Sleepy Lagoon case; coordinated groups of Americans...