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Title:
McGrath (Alice Greenfield) Papers, 1942-1992

Collection number:
MSS 69

Creator:
Alice Greenfield McGrath

Extent:
1 legal box, 1 letter box,
2/3 linear foot

Repository:
Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
Los Angeles, CA 90044

Abstract:
This is a small collection relating to the career of social activist Alice Greenfield McGrath. The materials document her work as executive secretary with The Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee, which successfully worked to free 17 young Mexican-Americans who were wrongfully convicted of murder in a racially biased case in Los Angeles, 1942-1944. There are photographs relating to the case and the play "Zoot Suit" based on it. Also included is her FBI file, 1949-1968. McGrath's activism continued in the 1980s with her work for justice in Nicaragua.

Language:
English.

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