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.; H. Claude Hudson (1886-1989), was a dentist, lawyer, banker and civil rights leader. Hudson earned a degree in dentistry from Howard University in 1913, and by 1921 was an early president of the first branch of the National Organization for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) serving in that capacity for 10 years. In 1927 at the age of 41, he enrolled in the four-year evening program at Loyola Law School while actively practicing dentistry throughout his law school career, and in 1931 became the first African American to graduate from that school. Though he never practiced as a lawyer in the traditional sense but rather, studied the law to provide services to the NAACP in bringing about justice and fighting for inequality, and is also credited with desegregating Los Angeles beaches. In 1946 Hudson founded Broadway Federal Savings and Loan, the nation's second largest black savings and loan association, and served as chairman of the board from 1949 to 1972. He was one of the most revered Civil Rights leaders in Los Angeles, and earned the title "Mr. NAACP" from Los Angeles locals who recognized him as the city's most respected Black leader who dedicated 60 years of his life to civil rights. Henry Claude Hudson died in 1989 at the age of 102. An unidentified clergy member (forefront) speaks into a microphone at a civil rights rally outside Los Angeles City Hall. Pictured behind him are (L-R) owner/publisher of the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper, Leon Washington (wearing bowtie); community activist, Dr. Claude Hudson; U.S. Congressman and mayoral candidate, James Roosevelt; and the Reverend H. Hartford Brookins (with arms crossed). The little girl holding a sign that reads, "We Don't Need HATE!" and the participants along the right are unidentified. Photograph 1965. See images 00053394; 00128018; 00134106; 00134201; and 00143421 through 00143430 for additional photos in this series.
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Roosevelt, James,--1907-1991 Washington, Leon H.,--Jr Hudson, H. Claude--(Henry Claude),--1886-1989 Brookins, H. Hartford Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Sentinel--Employees African American men Men African American women Women African American girls Girls African American children Children African American civil rights workers Civil rights workers African American political activists Political activists African American bankers African American dentists African American lawyers Civic leaders Community activists Political candidates Politicians Legislators Newspaper editors Clergy Microphones Civil rights demonstrations Civil rights leaders Civil rights movements Signs and signboards Picketing Los Angeles (Calif.)
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