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Portriat of Mervyn M. Dymally

Portriat of Mervyn M. Dymally

Mervyn M. Dymally walking past Wrigley Field.

Pictured (Right to Left) Edward R. Roybal, Matthew G. Martinez, Mervyn M. Dymally, and Esteban E. Torres.

Beginning in 1953, Dymally taught in the elementary schools in Los Angeles.

In a 21 July 1970 letter, the Soledad Brothers Defense Committee confirmed that Senator Dymally would attend an housewarming for the committee.

Linda H. Bauer wrote to Senator Mervyn Dymally regarding the hunger crisis that occurred in Africa, from 1983 through 1985, Ethiopia Famine was one of the worst events to ever occur because of chronic drought. Bauer asked Senator Dymally and other…

In a 19 November 1974 letter written by a group of "Black and Chicano Prisoners," at Folsom State Prison, the authors congratulate Dymally on being elected as Lt. Governor, and adds that as Chicano and Black people first, as citizens of CA second,…

In a letter written to Mervyn Dymally, former WWI and WII veteran Chet Schwarzkopf used racist language to refer to Blacks as "beast," and "idiot whites," who were "rioting." Schwarzkopf included a lengthy passage from a Rudyard Kipling [MacDonough…

Incarcerated persons, write to Senator Mervyn Dymally, asking him to take action and investigate the "funny death," of Fred Billingsley caused by correctional officers, and unprofessional practices of correctional officers across the state. The…