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Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC) Papers
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-001
Abstract
This collection is comprised of materials generated by Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC). The Watts Labor Community Action Committee formed in 1965 prior to the Los Angeles (Watts) Riots of 1965 in an effort spearheaded by Ted Watkins, Sr. and supported by local labor unions, most notably, the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW). Their purpose was to create and provide programs and services that serve the needs of the under-served,...
Dates:
1947, 1964-1983, 1985-1988, 1990-1999, 2001-2003, 2005, 2007-2009, 2011, 2014-2015; Majority of material found within 1965-1999
Carolee Gardner Trefts Pasadena School Board Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-013
Abstract
This collection is comprised of various research items compiled by Carolee Gardner Trefts, including her own writings. It mainly documents the history of the Pasadena, California School Board's controversy regarding desegregation and busing effecting the minority students and the internal turmoil within the school board itself between members and school parents. The research also includes a manuscript by Harry Tyler from the 1950s and 1960s, which provides background information for some of...
Dates:
1963-1979, 1981, 1983, 1999, 2004; Majority of material found within 1970-1979
Watts Rebellion Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-010
Abstract
This collection contains material related to the Watts Rebellion, the Watts neighborhood, Los Angeles during 1965, the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and also includes material regarding race, rioting, civil rights, activism, and poverty. A majority of this collection consists of newspaper and magazine articles; and also includes photographs, reports, and other material.
Dates:
1863, 1942-2015; undated
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- Clark, Steve 1
- Community Care and Development Services 1
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- Greater Los Angeles Community Action Agency 1
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America 1
- Johnson, Charles B. 1
- Johnson, Lionel 1
- Jones, Michelle 1
- Lanterman, Frank 1
- Lester, Herbert 1
- Lester, Nora Jean 1
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
- Neighborhood Youth Corps (U.S.) 1
- Pasadena (Calif.). Board of Education 1
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- Pearson, Edward W. 1
- Robinson, Inez 1
- Rockefeller Foundation 1
- Schrade, Paul 1
- Sheats, Samuel C. 1
- Smith, Pia 1
- Smith, Shirlee 1
- Spangler, Nancy Anne 1
- Spraggins, Paul 1
- Tejeda, Judy 1
- Trefts, Carolee Gardner 1
- Tyler, Harry E. 1
- United States. Office of Economic Opportunity 1
- United States. Department of Labor. Manpower Administration 1
- Watkins, Teryl 1
- Watkins, Bernice 1
- Watkins, Ted, Sr., 1922-1993 1
- Watkins, Timothy 1
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