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Title: Wilson Riles, Los Angeles, 1971
Alternative Title: Higher Administration in Education
Date Created and/or Issued: June 29,1971
1971-06-29
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Wilson Camanza Riles was an American educator and politician from California. He served three terms as the elected California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and was the first African American to be elected to statewide office in California. He founded the Wilson Riles Archives and Institute for Education in Sacramento as a resource for historical information about K-12 public education in California. [Wikipedia]
Wilson Riles, California Superintendent of Schools and first African American to be elected to statewide office in California.
Written on back of photo: Wilson Riles 6/29/71 Calif. Supt. of Schools. Credit Bancroft Library
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b21_f08_001a.tif
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Subject: African American civic leaders
African American politicians
African American educators
Riles, Wilson C
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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