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Representative Thomas Rees And 30Th District Representative Edward Roybal In D.C
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Congressional District Representative Thomas Rees (at center) shakes hands with influential, Mexican-American politician, Edward Roybal, alongside an unidentified female staff member of Rees', at left. Roybal's 30th district covered the Eastside council district, Downtown Los Angeles, and parts of Hollywood. He tirelessly served the nonprofits, non-native English speakers and the sick and elderly of Los Angeles. Photograph circa 1965. See images 00119143 through 00119145 and 00137907 through 00137941 for additional photos in this series.
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.; Thomas Mankell Rees was born on March 26, 1925. He served in the California State Assembly and Senate. Rees introduced the bill in the state legislature which created the Southern California Rapid Transit District. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1965. Rees died in 2003.; Edward Ross Roybal was born on February 10, 1916. He is one of the country's most influential Hispanic politicians. He was the cofounder of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) and its first chairman. In 1949, he became the first Hispanic to serve on the Los Angeles City Council since 1881. In 1962, due to eight additional seats becoming available in the U.S. House, Roybal entered and won the newly created 30th District Democratic nomination by a three to one margin. His daughter is also Lucille Roybal-Allard, U.S. Representative for California's 40th Congressional District.
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