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.; Elected in 1963, Billy G. Mills (1929-) was the third African American to serve on the Los Angeles City Council, a seat he held until 1974 when he became a Los Angeles Superior Court judge. He was the first African American chairman of the Democratic County Central Committee, winning over fellow Councilman Tom Bradley by just three votes. UCLA is presented with "City of Los Angeles State of California: African Arts/ Arts D'Afrique" resolution from Billy Mills,who received both his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1951 and law degree in 1954 from UCLA. Also present is Marvin Braude to the right of Mills, an unidentified man to Mills left and possibly former Governor Pat Brown to the far left. No further information has been provided. Photograph dated February 7, 1968. See images 00119135, 00119137, 00119139, 0119140, and 00119141 for additional photos in this series.
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1 negative : safety ; 10 x 13 cm. Photographic safety negatives
Mills, Billy G Braude, Marvin University of California, Los Angeles City council members Resolutions Political activity African American men Men Los Angeles (Calif.)
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