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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…

In a 30 November 1973 letter, the author states that he is writing to Dymally to inform him about what is going on in Watts, CA, and the harassment of the Black and Latino community by the LASD and Highway Patrol. The author says that law enforcement…

In a letter to Dymally, an incarcerated person writes that he was encouraged to contact Dymally after reading about his work in higher education in a publication made available within the prison. He asks about obtaining a higher education in order to…

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…

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…

In this transcript of the press conference given by Alhaji Ali Baba, the Minister of Internal Affairs in Nigeria, he tells the press present at the Embassy of Nigeria Annex in Washington D.C. on February 14, 1983 about the immigration and “illegal…

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…