Wilfred lawson biography of barack obama

In the s, America was polarized by race and mired in increasing social and political turmoil. A conservative reaction led to the election of Sam Yorty as mayor of Los Angeles in Four years later in , the Watts rebellion in South Central Los Angeles ignited a wave of large-scale unrests throughout the nation and signaled an alarm that change was needed. In , Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and presidential candidate Robert Kennedy were assassinated within months of each other; anti-Vietnam war and black power demonstrations escalated; and more than 20, students in five East L.A. schools walked out, protesting racial inequality and injustice. It was in this atmosphere that two-term City Councilman Tom Bradley decided to challenge Sam Yorty in for mayor of Los Angeles. It was a long shot.

African Americans were less than 18% of the population in Los Angeles in , and Bradley knew if he had a chance of winning, he needed to reach across racial and ethnic lines and create a strong coali

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Council Members

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, University of Washington Libraries

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, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

Stephen Curley

, National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

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, The University of Virginia Library

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; University of Minnesota Archives and Special Collections

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; Marquette University Special Collections and University Archives Raynor Memorial Libraries

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; John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

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, Georgia Department of Archives

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Officials of the Nixon Administration

Please note: The following official personnel lists were printed in the annual United States Government Manual and företräda a snapshot of staffing in the Executive Office of the President. Among the archival holdings of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum are telephone directories and personnel records which researchers can use to refine their understanding of staffing at more specific points in time.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

• Anderson, Dr. Martin	Special Assistant to the President
  Atwater, James D.	Special Assistant to the President
  BeLieu, Kenneth E.	Deputy Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations
  Brown, Robert J.	Special Assistant to the President
  Buchanan, Patrick J.	Special Assistant to the President
  Burns, Dr. Arthur F.	Counselor to the President