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Dymally replies to Raul Soria about his position on reducing the flow of illegal aliens and immigrants into the U.S. Dymally writes that Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 for the purpose of controlling the entrance of…

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…

Dymanlly invites Ruth G. Tulley to answer a few questions regarding the history and present status of women lawyers and law students. 

In this letter, Dymally defends his reputation and disputes his involvement in a private company gaining a public health plan for Medi-Cal recipients. Dymally faced harassment in the form of unsubstantiated claims of corruption and supposedly…

In the letter to Attorney General of the Justice Department William P. Barr, Congressman Dymally writes about the murder two Samoan brothers from Compton, California. Pouvi (34) and Italia (22) Tualaulelei who were killed at the hands of LAPD officer…

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…

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”…

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,…

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…

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