News from communities around Los Angeles
August 5, 1965
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law, one of the most far-reaching pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history.
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February 3, 1989 Former St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Bill White is named president of the National League, becoming the first African American to lead […]
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is sworn-in to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming California’s first African-American congresswoman. She later is appointed to the Los Angeles County […]
Charlie Sifford became the first African American to play in the U.S. Open Golf Tournament at the Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, a suburb northeast […]