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Order Number	00120178
Title	Bank of Finance
Photographer	Curtis, Rolland J.
Collection ID	Rolland J. Curtis Collection Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession	RC_0086.05
Date	Circa 1968
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	The Bank of Finance was the first African American organized bank in California. Opened in 1964, it catered to small businesses in the community. During its time, it nursed local businesses to fruition and provided financial assistance for necessary community resources like medical centers, day care, and homes for the elderly. Members of the organizing committee included Dr. Edward H. Ballard, Dr. Perry W. Beal, Wilton A. Clarke, Onie B. Granville, Mrs. Bernice M. Malbrue, Tom Bradley and Lorenzo V. Spencer. This bank building has since been demolished.; 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 reelected consistently until his death in 1990.
Description	Community leaders and bank officers attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Bank of Finance Branch Office, located at 8420 S. Vermont Avenue in South Los Angeles. From left to right, Larry E. Grant, Asst. Branch Manager J. David Duncan, Branch Manager Edward E. Tillman, Bank of Finance Founder Onie B. Granville, Deputy Superintendent of Banks J. Taufer, Board Member Dr. Leroy R. Weeks, Board Member U. Stewart Jones, Perry Lawrence, Chairman of the Board Dr. E. H. Ballard, Dr. Ross Miller, Bank of Finance Organizer Dr. Perry W. Beal, Vice President and Cashier Bong Namkoong, Councilman Gilbert Lindsay, Charles Walker and Bank of Finance Organizer Wilton A. Clarke.
Subject	Dedications--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles). City council members. Employees. Men. Bank of Finance (Los Angeles, Calif.). Bank of Finance (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Employees. 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.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection