![]() Pictured is publisher and founder of the Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper, Leon H. Washington became best known for his "Don't Spend Where You Can't Work" campaign, which boycotted businesses that operated in black communities, but refused to hire black workers. (1907-1974) became the first African American to serve on the Board of Directors of the California Newspaper Publishers Association, and his own newspaper, the Los Angeles Sentinel which began publication in 1933, and is currently the oldest and largest running African American newspaper in Los Angeles. was named in his honor in 1981, along with a nearby street and park. An affordable housing complex on Exposition Blvd. Curtis died in his home in 1979, the victim of a homicide. He was briefly director of the Model Cities program in 1973. 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. 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. 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. Rolland Joseph 'Speedy' Curtis was born in Louisiana in 1922. Please see the Ordering & Use page at for additional information.ĭescription Original print has a black blur in the upper right side. Images available for reproduction and use. at the Los Angeles Sentinel Newspapers 1964 Club Awards Alternative Title Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection Ĭontributor Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes FoundationĬollection Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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