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.; Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown (1905-1996) had an early interest in speaking and politics. He skipped college and earned an LL.B. degree from San Francisco Law School in spring 1927, studying at night and working during the day. Brown ran as a Republican Party candidate for the State Assembly in 1928, but lost badly; he moved to the Democratic Party in 1934. His second attempt at election to public office came in 1939, running for District Attorney of San Francisco, but he lost again. And finally, on January 8, 1944, Brown was sworn into office as San Francisco's District Attorney, and was reelected to the office in 1947. In 1946 Brown lost the race for Attorney General of California. He ran again in 1950, and won that election, and was re-elected in 1954, serving two terms. In 1958, Brown was elected Governor, winning by more than 1 million votes, becoming the 32nd Governor of California. His first term as governor was very successful, and he ran again in 1962. Brown was reelected governor, beating his opponent, Richard Nixon. Brown's decision to seek a third term as governor, resulted in losing the 1966 election to Ronald Reagan. During his term, four new University of California campuses were built, as well as seven new California State University campuses. His monumental infrastructure projects, building aqueducts, canals, and pump stations, established new fertile lands in the Central Valley. Governor Brown died as a result of a heart attack. He was 90 years old. Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (left) shakes hands with a man identified as Ferguson Rhemm (per his nametag), during an event for his re-election campaign. Several unidentified women are pictured in the background. This event took place at an unknown location. Photograph circa 1966. See images 00128465 through 00128470; 00128475; 00128476 and 00143487 through 00143489 for additional photos in this series.
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Brown, Edmund G.--(Edmund Gerald),--1905-1996 African American men Men Women Governors Politicians Political campaigns Political candidates Political participation Handshaking Trees Posing Smiling Los Angeles (Calif.)
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