Tag Archives: Roybal
Book Review: Bridges of Reform
Shana Bernstein’s Bridges of Reform: Interracial Civil Rights Activism in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles is reviewed. It includes a focus on the Community Service Organization. Continue reading
Posted in Books, California
Tagged ANMA, Cold War, Communist Party, CSO, El Congreso, Roybal
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Judge Richard Ibañez, Los Angeles Civic Pioneer
Richard A. Ibañez, 1910–2007, was an early Mexican American attorney and judge who was involved in a variety of civic causes in Southern California. Continue reading
Posted in Activist Profiles, California, Elected Officials, Veterans
Tagged CSO, Henry Wallace, McWilliams, Roybal
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The American GI Forum and Presidential Politics
The Texas-based American GI Forum played a pivotal—and still not fully understood—role in the election and administrations of presidents John F. Kennedy (1961–1963) and Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1968), as well in state and local politics. Continue reading
Posted in California, Midwest, Northeast, Presidential Politics, Southwest, Uncategorized, Veterans
Tagged GI Forum, Harry Truman, JFK, LBJ, MAPA, Roybal
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