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.; James Roosevelt was born on December 23, 1907, the oldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt. He was an American businessman, activist and Democratic Party politician. He received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism while serving as a Marine Corps officer during World War II. He served as a Secretary to President Roosevelt and in the United States House of Representatives. He died on August 13, 1991.; Douglas Dollarhide was the first black City Councilman elected in Compton in 1963. By 1969, he was the Mayor of Compton, a city that had been predominantly white, but by 1969 had become 65% black. Compton became the largest city west of the Mississippi to elect a black Mayor when they elected Dollarhide, who began his career as a mail carrier.; H. Claude Hudson (1886-1989), was a dentist, lawyer, banker and civil rights leader. Hudson earned a degree in dentistry from Howard University in 1913, and by 1921 was an early president of the first branch of the National Organization for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) serving in that capacity for 10 years. In 1927 at the age of 41, he enrolled in the four-year evening program at Loyola Law School while actively practicing dentistry throughout his law school career, and in 1931 became the first African American to graduate from that school. Though he never practiced as a lawyer in the traditional sense but rather, studied the law to provide services to the NAACP in bringing about justice and fighting for inequality, and is also credited with desegregating Los Angeles beaches. In 1946 Hudson founded Broadway Federal Savings and Loan, the nation's second largest black savings and loan association, and served as chairman of the board from 1949 to 1972. He was one of the most revered Civil Rights leaders in Los Angeles, and earned the title "Mr. NAACP" from Los Angeles locals who recognized him as the city's most respected Black leader who dedicated 60 years of his life to civil rights. Henry Claude Hudson died in 1989 at the age of 102. U.S. Congressman and mayoral candidate James Roosevelt (center, wearing glasses) is being interviewed by Channel 7 and NBC reporters, as he participates in a rally at the Los Angeles County Hall of Justice. Also present are Louise Ridgle (left), a Los Angeles Assemblywoman candidate; Dr. Claude Hudson (between Ridgle and Roosevelt); and Compton City Councilman Douglas Dollarhide holding a sign that reads, "Stop Another Selma In L.A. Vote April 6th." Several other activists holding more picket signs can be seen in the background. Photograph 1965. See images 00053394; 00128018; 00134106; 00134201; and 00143421 through 00143430 for additional photos in this series.
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