Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph shows an 8-year-old girl identified as Diba Zurmati of Los Angeles, holding a sign as she stands along the steps of City Hall. Approximately 100 people participated in the march from Pershing Square; by the time they reached City Hall, the crowd had grown to about 250 persons. They all gathered to commemorate the 6th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Photograph dated December 1985.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;32 x 17 cm. on sheet 36 x 29 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles Protest movements--California--Los Angeles Demonstrations--California--Los Angeles Girls--California--Los Angeles City halls--California--Los Angeles Afghanistan--History--Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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