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.; Leon H. Washington, Jr. (1907-1974) became the first African American to serve on the Board of Directors of the California Newspaper Publishers Association, and his own newspaper, the Los Angeles Sentinel which began publication in 1933, and is currently the oldest and largest running African American newspaper in Los Angeles. Washington became best known for his "Don't Spend Where You Can't Work" campaign, which boycotted businesses that operated in black communities, but refused to hire black workers. Pictured (L-R) are the Reverend H. Hartford Brookins; U.S. Congressman and mayoral candidate, James Roosevelt; and owner/publisher of the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper, Leon Washington. The men attended a rally for social justice to show their support of voting rights for African American citizens in Los Angeles, as well as those who have been disenfranchised across much of the southern United States. A group of unidentified activists, including children, can be seen outside the Hall of Justice holding signs that read, "Don't Let Selma Happen In L.A.! Vote April 6th", "We Don't Need HATE!", and "No Selma In L.A. Vote! April 6th". Photograph 1965. See images 00053394; 00128018; 00134106; 00134201; and 00143421 through 00143430 for additional photos in this series.
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Brookins, H. Hartford Roosevelt, James,--1907-1991 Washington, Leon H.,--Jr Los Angeles County Hall of Justice Los Angeles Sentinel--Employees African American men Men African American women Women African American boys Boys African American girls Girls African American children Children African American civil rights workers Civil rights workers African American political activists Political activists Political candidates Politicians Legislators Newspaper editors Civil rights demonstrations Civil rights leaders Civil rights movements Signs and signboards Picketing Smiling Posing Los Angeles (Calif.)
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