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2000.107.246.04.02
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Anti-contra demonstrators holding signs, Seattle, March 3, 1986
Order an ImageIn this image, protesters in downtown Seattle hold up crosses bearing the names of people they claim were killed by the contra rebels in Nicaragua. The protesters rallied on the steps of the Federal Courthouse to listen to attorney Jim Douglas, chair of the Central American Task Force of the Seattle Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, which represented Central American refugees and asylum activists fleeing U.S. sponsored terror in Nicaragua and El Salvador.
Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number: 2000.107.246.04.02
Date: 1986
Creator(s):
Haller, Grant M., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8.75 x 12.75 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.246.04.02, photo by Grant Haller
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects:
Protests and Demonstrations
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