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Order Number
00121604
Title
Thousands
protest
Black
Panther
Raid
,
City
Hall
Photographer
Curtis, Rolland J.
Collection ID
Rolland J. Curtis Collection
Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession
RC_0132.16
Date
1969
Physical Description
1
negative
:safety
;10
x
13
cm
.
Notes
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
.
Description
Demonstrators
on the
Spring
Street
steps
of
City
Hall
during
the
community
rally
on
December
11
,
1969
.
Between
3,000
and
5,000
people
have
come
out
to
protest
the
deteriorating
relations
between
the
Los
Angeles
Police
Department
and the
Black
Community
.
Protesters
claim
that
officers
applied
excessive
force
during
their
raid
on the
Southern
California
Headquarters
of the
Black
Panther
Party
for
Self-Defense
,
4115
S
.
Central
Avenue
,
three
days
before
.
Subject
Black Panther Party.
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Black Panther Party.--Southern California Chapter.
Civil rights workers--United States.
Black power--United States.
Black militant organizations--United States.
African Americans--Social conditions--1964-1975.
Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles.
Demonstrations--California--Los Angeles.
Men--California--Los Angeles.
Women--California--Los Angeles.
City halls--California--Los Angeles.
Public buildings--California--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Spring Street (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Austin, John C. W.(John Corneby Wilson),1870-1963.
Parkinson, Donald B.(Donald Berthold),1895-1945.
Parkinson, John,1861-1935.
Martin, Albert C.,1879-1960.
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.
Sub-Collection Name
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
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