News from communities around Los Angeles
Augustus Freeman Hawkins of Los Angeles is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first Black Congress member from west of the Mississippi. A founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, Hawkins would sponsor many pieces of significant legislation before retiring in 1991.
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Feb. 12, 1909 Educator W.E. B. DuBois is one of 60-plus activists who form the NAACP to fight for racial equality for black Americans. As […]
Sept. 20, 1847 William Leidesdorff is elected to the San Francisco Town Council, becoming one of California’s first Black elected officials. He later became the […]
May 29, 1973 Despite a sometime hostile and racially tinged campaign, former Los Angeles City Councilman Tom Bradley, the grandson of a former slave, defeats […]