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.; In 1966, Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (1932-) became the first African American woman elected to the California Assembly, and in 1972, was the first woman elected to the House. She was also the first woman to chair the Congressional Black Caucus. In 1972, she became the first Congresswoman to give birth and be granted maternity leave while serving Congress. California Assemblywoman Yvonne Brathwaite Burke poses with young baseball players, each wearing their team uniform, representing the Cubs, White Sox, Braves and Dodgers. They pose on the baseball field at the start of Little League season, which possibly took place at the Denker Recreation Center, located at 1550 West 35th Place, Los Angeles. Several young men are visible in the background along the left. Photograph circa 1967. See images 00053427; 00053457; 00127956 through 00127958, and 00142013 through 00142017 for additional photos in this series.
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1 negative : safety ; 10 x 13 cm. Photographic safety negatives
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