Add to ORKGPhotograph of five members of the San Francisco Civil Rights Congress (CRC) Citizens Jury during a visit to Los Angeles. During their visit, the Los Angeles CRC hosted a reception for the jurors on Mar. 12, 1952, at a home at 3335 Country Club Drive. The citizens jury was in Los Angeles to view the "Smith Act trials." Enacted in 1940, the Smith Act made it a crime to knowingly or willfully advocate the overthrow of any government in the United States by force or violence. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, citizens in Los Angeles, New York and many other cities throughout the United States were arrested and tried for allegedly violating the Act
Photograph of a woman's hand holding a check for $1,000 payable to the Civil Rights Congress. The ch...
Photograph of unidentified demonstrator taking part in a march in downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles ...
Photograph of three members of the Civil Rights Congress Bail Fund smiling as they receive funds nee...
Photograph of a group of people at the downtown Federal Building awaiting the release of prisoners w...
Photograph of demonstrators marching along Broadway in Los Angeles to demand repeal of the Smith and...
Photograph of protestors marching near the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles to demand repe...
Photograph of Rose Chernin receiving a warm greeting upon her release from a Los Angeles jail. Cherm...
Photograph of 11 members of the National Committee of the Communist Party of the United States durin...
Alien Registration Act of 1940 was principally an anti-sedition enactment passed by the Congress in ...
Photograph of 10 members of the Los Angeles 21 standing behind a sign with the text of the First Ame...
Photograph of a crowd of citizens standing outside the Hall of Justice awaiting the release of 10 me...
Photograph of three members of the Civil Rights Congress Bail Fund looking at checks the fund has re...
Photograph of Ernest Fox receiving a warm greeting from Marguerite Robinson, executive director of t...
6 images. Communist trial, 05 February 1952. Crowd shots, etc.; Ray H. Kinnison )Prosecuting Attorne...
Photograph of Anne Shore, national executive secretary of the Civil Rights Congress, holding a greet...
Photograph of a woman's hand holding a check for $1,000 payable to the Civil Rights Congress. The ch...
Photograph of unidentified demonstrator taking part in a march in downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles ...
Photograph of three members of the Civil Rights Congress Bail Fund smiling as they receive funds nee...
Photograph of a group of people at the downtown Federal Building awaiting the release of prisoners w...
Photograph of demonstrators marching along Broadway in Los Angeles to demand repeal of the Smith and...
Photograph of protestors marching near the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles to demand repe...
Photograph of Rose Chernin receiving a warm greeting upon her release from a Los Angeles jail. Cherm...
Photograph of 11 members of the National Committee of the Communist Party of the United States durin...
Alien Registration Act of 1940 was principally an anti-sedition enactment passed by the Congress in ...
Photograph of 10 members of the Los Angeles 21 standing behind a sign with the text of the First Ame...
Photograph of a crowd of citizens standing outside the Hall of Justice awaiting the release of 10 me...
Photograph of three members of the Civil Rights Congress Bail Fund looking at checks the fund has re...
Photograph of Ernest Fox receiving a warm greeting from Marguerite Robinson, executive director of t...
6 images. Communist trial, 05 February 1952. Crowd shots, etc.; Ray H. Kinnison )Prosecuting Attorne...
Photograph of Anne Shore, national executive secretary of the Civil Rights Congress, holding a greet...
Photograph of a woman's hand holding a check for $1,000 payable to the Civil Rights Congress. The ch...
Photograph of unidentified demonstrator taking part in a march in downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles ...
Photograph of three members of the Civil Rights Congress Bail Fund smiling as they receive funds nee...