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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.; Image is a reproduction. An anti-communist rally at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Many groups joined Alpha 66 including a group of Afghan people who opposed the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Alpha 66 is an anti-communist organization working for the liberation of Cuba. The group was formed by Cuban exiles. Alpha signifies the beginning and the group started with 66 people.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :color ;12 x 14 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles Convention Center Alpha 66 (Organization) Anti-communist movements--United States Militia movements--United States Demonstrations--California--Los Angeles Banners--California--Los Angeles Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Shades of L.A. Collection photographs
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