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Letter from a private citizen, 1968
As a California State Assemblyman, Dymally introduced legislation to mandate the inclusion of Black history in California textbooks. The legislation was later expanded to include the history of other people from races and ethnicities. The fight for…
Letter from a private citizen, 1973
In a 30 November 1973 letter, the author states that he is writing to Dymally to inform him about what is going on in Watts, CA, and the harassment of the Black and Latino community by the LASD and Highway Patrol. The author says that law enforcement…
Letter from a private citizen, 1990
On February 22nd, 1990, the author sent this letter to Congressman Dymally and the Watch Commander of Compton Police to call attention to a recent event involving her daughter. As the letter states, “[her daughter] was attempting to drop her…
Letter from Allan Jarabin, Chairman and Rozella Hall, Co-Chair of the People’s Legislative Coalition, 1973
Letter from Allan Jarabin, Chairman and Rozella Hall, Co-Chair of the People’s Legislative Coalition to Mervyn M. Dymally in 1973. The letter is in response to the Social Security Amendments of 1972 to protect the financial, medical, and social…
Letter from an incarcerated person, 1968
In a letter to Dymally, an incarcerated person writes that he was encouraged to contact Dymally after reading about his work in higher education in a publication made available within the prison. He asks about obtaining a higher education in order to…
