Title supplied by cataloger. Rolland Joseph 'Speedy' Curtis was born in Louisiana in 1922. After serving three years in the Marines during World War II, he and his wife, Gloria, relocated from New Orleans to Los Angeles in 1946. Curtis served four years with the Los Angeles Police Department, but resigned from the force in order to pursue both a Bachelor's and Master's degree from USC. He later became involved in city politics, as an associate of Sam Yorty, and later a field deputy to City Council members Billy Mills and Tom Bradley. He was briefly director of the Model Cities program in 1973. Rolland J. Curtis died in his home in 1979, the victim of a homicide. An affordable housing complex on Exposition Blvd. near Vermont Ave. was named in his honor in 1981, along with a nearby street and park. Pictured (left to right) are Councilmember Gilbert Lindsay, an unidentified woman who is possibly Mrs. Anderson, Stephen H. Anderson, Councilmember Billy Mills at podium, and Councilmember Tom Bradley. The group appears to be at City Hall, as Councilmember Mills speaks on a Resolution which will be presented to Mr. Anderson. The event took place on September 29, 1970. See images 0011408 through 00119417 for additional photos in series.
Lindsay, Gilbert Mills, Billy G Bradley, Tom,--1917-1998 Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) City council members City halls African American men Resolutions Podiums Microphones Women Men Los Angeles (Calif.)
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