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.; Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. (1934-) is an American political figure who served over 30 years in the California State Assembly, after which he became the first African-American mayor of San Francisco. Some noteworthy accomplishments in Brown's career: He graduated from San Francisco State University in 1955, and in 1958 earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law; Joined the California Army National Guard's 126th Medical Battalion, serving from 1955-1958; Member of the California State Assembly from the 18th district from January 1965 to November 1974; Member of the California State Assembly from the 17th district from December 1974 to November 1992; Member of the California State Assembly from the 13th district from December 1992 to December 1995; 58th Speaker of the California State Assembly from December 1980 to June 1995; Minority Leader of the California Assembly from June 1995 to September 1995; 41st Mayor of San Francisco from January 1996-January 2004, the first African American to hold that office; was reelected in 1999, but term limits prevented him from running for a third term; Retired from politics after leaving the office in 2004, and from January through September 2006, he hosted a morning radio show. California Assembly Member Charles Warren (left) is pictured in conversation with fellow California Assembly Member, Willie L. Brown, Jr., who was the longest serving Speaker of the California Assembly. This may have been an event for Assembly Member Charles Warren's re-election campaign, though no further information has been given. Photograph circa 1966. See images 00128547 through 00128549, and 00143577 through 00143590.
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Brown, Willie L.--(Willie Lewis),--Jr.,--1934- African American men Men African American legislators Legislators Civic leaders Politicians Political candidates Political campaigns Political participation Name tags Smiling Los Angeles (Calif.)
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