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Order Number
00134112
Title
Resolution
for
Paul
R
.
Williams
Photographer
Curtis, Rolland J.
Collection ID
Rolland J. Curtis Collection
Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession
RC_1422.02
Date
1965
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w;10x13
cm
.
Notes
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.
;
Photograph
included
in the
Exhibit
:
Firsts
,
Seconds
and
Thirds
:
African
American
Leaders
in
Los
Angeles
During
the
1960s
and '
70s
from the
Rolland
J
.
Curtis
Collection
.
Historical Data
At an
early
age
,
Paul
R
.
Williams
(1894-1980)
knew
he
wanted
to be an
architect
,
despite
his
high
school
teacher
advising
him that "
Your
own
people
can't
afford
you
, and
white
clients
won't
hire
you.
"
Williams
learned
to
draw
upside-down
so
that
white
clients
wouldn't
have to
sit
next
to him
while
he
drew
.
When
touring
construction
sites
, his
hands
were
clasped
behind
him, to
allow
white
people
to
extend
their
hand
first
if they
wished
to
shake
his.
Williams
became
the
first
African
American
member
of the
American
Institute
of
Architects
in
1923.
;
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.
;
Gilbert
Lindsay
(1900-1990)
was
born
on a
cotton
plantation
in
Mississippi
where
he
later
picked
cotton
for
50
cents
a
day
. In
1928
, he
moved
to
Los
Angeles
and
became
a
janitor
for the
Department
of
Water
&
Power
. By
1963
, at the
age
of
62
,
Lindsay
became
the
first
African
American
to
join
the
City
Council
.
Appointed
to
fill
a
vacancy
, he was
re-elected
consistently
until
his
death
in
1990.
; In
1940
,
Tom
Bradley
(1917-1998)
was
part
of the
400
African
Americans
in a
racially
segregated
LAPD
.
Bradley
was the
second
African
American
to
join
the
Los
Angeles
City
Council
,
representing
the
10th
district
, in
1963
. He was also the
first
and
only
African
American
to
become
Mayor
of
Los
Angeles
, and the
second
African
American
Mayor
of a
major
city
in
1973
. His
20
years
in
office
marked
the
longest
mayoral
term
in the
city's
history
.
Description
Architect
Paul
R
.
Williams
receiving
a
resolution
from
Councilman
Tom
Bradley
. From
left
to
right
,
Councilman
Billy
Mills
,
Bradley
,
Williams
and
Councilman
Gilbert
Lindsay
.
Dated
September
14
,
1965
.
Subject
Mills, Billy G.
Lindsay, Gilbert.
Bradley, Tom,--1917-1998.
Williams, Paul R.,--1894-1980.
Architects--United States.
Resolutions.
City council members--California--Los Angeles.
Men--California--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles (Calif.).
Coverage
1961
;
1962
;
1963
;
1964
;
1965
;
1966
;
1967
;
1968
;
1969
;
1970
Format
Photographic prints
Credits
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
Reproduction 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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