Photograph caption dated August 30, 1989 reads, "Father Mike Kennedy of the Southern California Ecumenical Council led a prayer service as part of a demonstration at the Salvadoran Consulate yesterday protesting a "penal code reform" law that would limit freedom of speech in El Salvador. Clergy members from several denominations dressed in black and carried a coffin to symbolize the death of civil freedoms."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;17 x 24 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Diplomatic and consular service, Salvadoran--California--Los Angeles Protest movements--California--Los Angeles Demonstrations--California--Los Angeles Crosses--California--Los Angeles Prayer--California--Los Angeles Clergy--California--Los Angeles United States--Foreign relations--El Salvador Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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