Title created 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.; Edward William Brooke III (1919–2015) was the first African American to be elected to the United States Senate by popular vote as a member of the Republican Party. He was an American lawyer and politician who represented the state of Massachusetts from 1967 to 1979. Brooke attended Howard University earning a BS in 1941, as well as Boston University earning an LLB, and LLM in 1948; he was also the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2004) and the Congressional Gold Medal (2008). Edward Brooke died in 2015 at the age of 95, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke (right) is pictured shaking hands with Los Angeles Police Department Chief Thomas Reddin at an unidentified event. Location is unknown and no further information has been given. Photograph circa 1968. See images 00128024; 00128911 through 00128914, and 00142027 for additional photos in this series.
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1 negative : safety ; 10 x 13 cm. Photographic safety negatives
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department--Officials and employees African American men Men African American politicians Politicians Senators--United States Police chiefs Handshaking Posing Smiling Los Angeles (Calif.)
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