-
http://calstatela-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/86b2f572036dd89f80816cc6b1757cf2.jpg
2466c4e0fe5d664e817cf226a08bfdab
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Mervyn M. Dymally Papers
Description
An account of the resource
Mervyn Dymally (1926-2012) served as California State Assemblyman for the 52nd and 53rd District, and as State Senator for the 29th District. Dymally completed a Bachelor of Arts in education at California State University, Los Angeles in 1954. Dymally is known for breaking barriers as a black lawmaker in California and in Congress after moving to the United States from his native Trinidad at age 19. The collection consists of government correspondence, press clippings, press releases, speeches, and photographs.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Dymally, Mervyn M.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
California State University, Los Angeles, Library. Special Collections & Archives
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Special Collections and Archives, California State University, Los Angeles
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Letter from a private citizen, 1968
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education
Dymally, Mervyn M., 1926-2012
Califonria
Legislation
Description
An account of the resource
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 Ethnic Studies in California schools continues, including a 2016 law to develop a model ethnic studies curriculum for California high schools, the LA Unified School District (LAUSD) K-12 ethnic studies resolution in 2014, and the LAUSD ethnic studies high school graduation requirement in 2020.
Written by Briana Jimenez, History 3450, Fall 2020.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Name withheld for privacy considerations
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Mervyn M. Dymally Papers, Special Collections & Archives, California State University, Los Angeles
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
California State University, Los Angeles, Library. Special Collections & Archives
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1968-07-30
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
IN COPYRIGHT
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Lim_036.02