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On this day August 03, 1929

Yetta Stromberg arrested for displaying red flag

19-year-old communist Yetta Stromberg was arrested with six others for having a red flag in California, one of 24 states which banned socialist/anarchist flags. She took her case to the Supreme Court and won, overturning the ban.

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