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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…

Incarcerated persons, write to Senator Mervyn Dymally, asking him to take action and investigate the "funny death," of Fred Billingsley caused by correctional officers, and unprofessional practices of correctional officers across the state. The…

President Reagan's assistant is thanking Dymally for the letter he has sent on November 5 about the issue of the Soviet Jewry for the upcoming meetings with General Secretary Gorbachev. The letters discuss that the letter Dymally sent to Reagan will…

This letter from Bill Richardson who joins the Black Caucus members in solidarity to discuss a call-to-action for a Reagan appointee, Marianne Mele Hall to resign from their appointed position to the Copyright Royalty Tribunal. This letter implies…

In a letter written to Mervyn Dymally, former WWI and WII veteran Chet Schwarzkopf used racist language to refer to Blacks as "beast," and "idiot whites," who were "rioting." Schwarzkopf included a lengthy passage from a Rudyard Kipling [MacDonough…

The Chairman of the California State Advisory Committee, Herman Sillas Jr. invites Mervyn Dymally to a public open meeting at the California State Capitol. The purpose of the meeting was to issue a report pertaining to the lack of political…

In a letter writen by the president of the Berkeley chapter of the National Organization of Women, Marijean Suelze thanks Dymally for writing two letters to the Department of Sociology, and states that the student organizaiton has supported the…

In a letter to Dymally, Arthur S. Takei mentions that Dymally has been endorsed for the June 7th Democratic Primary Election by the Japanese American Democratic Association of California. Takei mentions that Dymally's endorsement was based on…

In this public statement issued by the Stentorians, The Association of African Americans in Fire Service rejects the acquittal of four police officers on tril for the beating of motorist Rodney King in Sylmar, CA. Additional the organization states…

In a letter written by the Black Medical Students of UCLA to Senator Dymally, they express their concern over the under representation of Blacks and Latinos in the UCLA School of Medicine; as Blacks and Latinos only represent 2% in the program. On 9…