Letter from Mervyn Dymally to Robert C. Cozens Director of California Department of Motor Vehicles, 1973

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Title

Letter from Mervyn Dymally to Robert C. Cozens Director of California Department of Motor Vehicles, 1973

Subject

Coalition Work
Dymally, Mervyn M., 1926-2012
California
Department of Motor Vehicles

Description

Senator Dymally writes to the director of the DMV about their recent approval of racial slurs on personalized license plates. Dymally encourages the director to remove these slurs from personalized licenses as they offend the Japanese American Citizens League and people of Japanese ancestry.

Written by Justin Mok, History 3450, Fall 2020.

Creator

Dymally, Mervyn M.

Source

Mervyn M. Dymally Papers, Special Collections & Archives, California State University, Los Angeles

Publisher

California State University, Los Angeles, Library. Special Collections & Archives

Date

1973-04-19

Rights

NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES

Format

Document

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

Hernandez_001.01

Citation

Dymally, Mervyn M. , “Letter from Mervyn Dymally to Robert C. Cozens Director of California Department of Motor Vehicles, 1973,” California State University - Los Angeles, accessed December 21, 2024, http://calstatela-exhibits.libraryhost.com/items/show/9.