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Title
Gilbert Lindsay and Billy Mills at the 2nd Annual All American Indian Week press conference
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Curtis, Rolland J
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1968
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
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Description
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.; Elected in 1963, Billy G. Mills (1929-) was the third African American to serve on the Los Angeles City Council, a seat he held until 1974 when he became a Los Angeles Superior Court judge. He was the first African American chairman of the Democratic County Central Committee, winning over fellow Councilman Tom Bradley by just three votes.
Photograph caption dated November 22, 1968 reads, "The second annual All American Indian Week show, featuring arts and crafts demonstrations, Indian lore displays, war dance contests, a horse show and an authentic teepee village, will be held tonight and all day Saturday and Sunday in Wrigley Field, 41st St. and Avalon Blvd." Pictured is Council member Gilbert Lindsay banging away on a pair of drums at a press conference for the All American Indian Week in Los Angeles, CA. Council member Billy Mills smiles brightly at Lindsay as a photographer sets up to capture the moment. See images 00119225 through 00119237 and 00119239 through 00119249 for additional photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 negative : safety ; 10 x 13 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00119227
Rolland J. Curtis Collection
RC_0020.03
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/136297
Subject
Lindsay, Gilbert
Mills, Billy G
African American politicians
African American men
City council members
Native Americans
Native Americans--Clothing
Headdresses
Feathers
Drums (Musical instruments)
Reporters and reporting
Press conferences
Microphones
Men
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Time Period
1960-1969

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