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Mervyn M. Dymally with Mrs. Effie Hetrick at the Social Secuirty Notch Rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Dymally shaking hands with Muhammad Ali.

Dymyally poses with then-Governor Schwartznager.

Pictured here is Dymally in the California General Assembly

Dymally with other protesters in Selma in 1965.

Dymally holding an award given to him by the 100 Black Men of Los Angeles

In this typed letter from an incarcerated person in the Chino prison facility, the author states that he was tried on seven counts and found guilty on three accounts. He indicated that the count he was convicted on was not relative to his case. He…

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,…

Norwalk City Councilman Valdez wrote Dymally on behalf of Mexican American students at California State University, Los Angeles, asking for his support in changing the name of a building at the university from “South Tower” to “Zapata Tower”…

Letter from Parren J. Mitchell Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus to Dymally. Mitchell is letting Dymaly know that the President has released an Administration plan for equal employment opportunities. He tells Dymally that they cannot stop…