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Order Number	00119441
Title	Louie Armstrong and Billy Mills
Photographer	Curtis, Rolland J.
Collection ID	Rolland J. Curtis Collection Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession	RC_0049.01
Date	1966
Physical Description	1 negative :safety ;10 x 13 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	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.
Description	Musician Louie Armstrong receiving a resolution from Councilman Billy G. Mills on October 26, 1966.
Subject	Armstrong, Louis,--1901-1971. Mills, Billy G. City council members. Jazz musicians. Men. Musicians. Singers. Trumpet players. Resolutions. Los Angeles (Calif.).
Coverage	1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970
Format	Photographic safety negatives
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.
Internal Notes	Additional photographic print :b&w;10x13 cm.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection