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. Pictured at a rally for social justice outside Los Angeles City Hall is Compton City Councilman Douglas Dollarhide (third from right) holding a sign that reads, "Stop Another Selma In L.A. Vote April 6th", as U.S. Congressman and mayoral candidate, James Roosevelt (fourth from left) speaks to the media. Dr. Claude Hudson (third from left) can be seen speaking with William Williams (extreme left), who is a field representative for Congressman Augustus Hawkins (not pictured). The other participants along the right are unidentified. Photograph 1965. See images 00053394; 00128018; 00134106; 00134201; and 00143421 through 00143430 for additional photos in this series.
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