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. Pictured is Councilman Tom Bradley riding in a convertible, speaking into a microphone in support of Congressman George Brown's (not pictured), run for U.S. Senate. An unidentified man waves as this car leads the campaign caravan through the city streets. The driver and passenger are unidentified. A campaign sticker is partially visible on the side of the car that reads 'Tom Bradley Says Vote For George Brown'. Photograph circa 1970. See images 00123403 through 00123406; 00128498 and 00128499 for additional photo in this series.
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1 negative : safety ; 10 x 13 cm. Photographic safety negatives
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