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Title
Street filled with people at "Dance for Freedom" on Fairfax Ave. in Los Angeles, Calif., 1976
Contributor
Lachman, Robert
Date Created and/or Issued
October 18, 1976
1976-10-18
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
SOLIDARITY--An estimated 8,000 persons took part in a "Dance for Freedom" on Fairfax Ave. to show solidarity and compassion for Jews and other minorities in Soviet Union and to protest their denial of basic human rights. Among those attending the event, which was sponsored by the Jewish Federation-Council of Greater Los Angeles, was councilman Zev Yaroslavsky, bottom center.
Type
image
Format
b&w negative
Identifier
uclalat_1429_b811_284109
ark:/21198/zz0002r242
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Jews--Persecutions--Soviet Union--Foreign public opinion, American
Demonstrations--California--Los Angeles County
City council members--California--Los Angeles
Dance--California--Los Angeles
Lifestyle
Human rights movements--California--Los Angeles
Activism
Culture
Yaroslavsky, Zev, 1948-
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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