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Diana Russell collection on Lakireddy Bali Reddy sex trafficking case, 1999-2018.
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Title:

Diana Russell collection on Lakireddy Bali Reddy sex trafficking case, 1999-2018

Creator/Contributor:

Russell, Diana E.H., creator, collector.

Abstract:

Contains news articles, correspondence, flyers, photographs, and an audiocassette related to the sex trafficking case against Lakireddy Bali Reddy. Reddy, a negligent landlord and business owner in Berkeley, California, was indicted by the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California for sex trafficking, visa fraud, and tax code violations in 2000. Materials in the collection were collected and/or created by Diana E.H. Russell between 1999 and 2018.

Date:

1999 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Human trafficking -- California
Traite des ĂȘtres humains -- Californie
Human trafficking
California
Reddy, Lakireddy Bali -- Archives

Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Gift of Diana E.H. Russell Revocable Trust 2021.
Diana Russell, was a writer and Mills College professor who, along with Berkeley resident Marcia Poole, was instrumental in the investigation of Reddy by bringing attention to his crimes through community action and organized boycotts of Reddy's Berkeley restaurant. The Reddy case served as an impetus for the anti-sex trafficking movement in California.
Diana Russell collection on Lakireddy Bali Reddy sex trafficking case, BANC MSS 2021/147, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.

Type:

Archives.

Physical Description:

print
1.25 (1

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.