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Title
Thousands protest Black Panther Raid, City Hall
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator
Curtis, Rolland J
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1969
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
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.
Demonstrators at the intersection of Temple and Springs streets during the community rally on December 11, 1969; behind them is the United States Court House and Post Office. Between 3,000 and 5,000 people have come out to protest the deteriorating relations between the Los Angeles Police Department and the Black Community. Protesters claim that officers applied excessive force during their raid on the Southern California Headquarters of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, 4115 S. Central Avenue, three days before.
Type
image
Format
1 negative :safety ;10 x 13 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00121606
Rolland J. Curtis Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
RC_0132.18
CARL0005342796
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/123324
Subject
Black Panther Party
Black Panther Party.--Southern California Chapter
United States Court House and Post Office (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Black power--United States
Black militant organizations--United States
African Americans--Social conditions--1964-1975
Demonstrations--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Civic centers--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Pedestrians--California--Los Angeles
Public buildings--California--Los Angeles
Walkie-talkies--California--Los Angeles
Spring Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Temple Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period
1961-1970

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