Kenneth Hahn (1920–1997) was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for forty years, from 1952 to 1992. Hahn was on the Los Angeles City Council from 1947 to 1952. He was an ardent supporter of civil rights throughout the 1960s, and met Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1961. Betty Hill, dubbed by the Los Angeles Sentinel the "Mother of Negro Political Leaders," founded the Women's Republican Study Club (later the Women's Political Study Club) in Los Angeles in 1929. Her many causes included fighting Jim Crow in Los Angeles hospitals and public swimming pools, abolishing separate civil service lists for African American school teachers, and getting the Board of Education to approve a child care center program. Hill was married to Sgt. Abraham Hill. Group portrait of Betty Hill (center), Kenneth Hahn (behind Hill, left), about 21 African American youth and others. Two boys hold an award given to Betty Hill from the people of the County of Los Angeles. Typescript on front of award: The People of the County of Los Angeles in Appreciation of the dedicated, unselfish, and untiring efforts of Mrs. Betty Hill in civic and community affairs for the good of all people and especially for her leadership in all of the major improvements at Will Rogers Park including the fine new swimming pool.
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African American civic leaders African American civil rights workers City council members Hill, Betty, 1876-1960 Hahn, Kenneth
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