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The Links, Incorporated, a nonprofit corporation, [1] was founded in 1946 in Philadelphia by seven prominent black women. [2]: 102 [3] Sarah Strickland Scott and Margaret Roselle Hawkins [3] [4] recruited Frances Atkinson, Katie Green, Marion Minton, Lillian Stanford, Myrtle Manigault Stratton, Lillian Wall and Dorothy Wright.
The initial scope of the investigation was focused on CISPES leadership and especially its DC headquarters and Dallas chapter. But in late 1983 a directive was sent to all FBI field offices initiating a nationwide investigation that engulfed all members of 180 CISPES chapters as well as nearly 200 other groups that had the slightest connection ...
LIFT is a nonprofit dedicated to helping families break the cycle of poverty in the United States. By fostering relationships between low-income parents (members) and dedicated volunteers (advocates), LIFT helps families build the strong personal, social and financial foundations to secure immediate, critical needs and to achieve long-term goals and aspirations.
Parkinson also designed the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Union Station and Los Angeles City Hall. [4] Noted for its Gothic style with soaring spaces, the house has vaulted ceilings and curved walls. [4] In 1979, it was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM #208), [5] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places ...
Sawtelle Veterans Home. The Sawtelle Veterans Home was a care home for disabled American veterans in Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California, United States.The Home, formally the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, was established in 1887 on 300 acres (1.2 km 2) of Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica lands donated by Senator John P. Jones and Arcadia B. de Baker.
Synthia Saint James (born February 11, 1949) is an American visual artist, author, keynote speaker, educator and actor in the 70s. She is best known for designing the original cover art of the hardcover edition of Terry McMillan 's book Waiting to Exhale . [ 1 ]
John Jerome Huggins Jr. [1] (February 11, 1945 – January 17, 1969) was an American activist.He was the leader in the Los Angeles chapter of the Black Panther Party who was killed by black nationalist US Organization members at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus in January 1969.
Eddy served as vice-president of the California Children's Home, president of the Los Angeles Orthopedic Hospital, and was a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He was married to Isabella A. Worsley, of Batavia, Illinois, until her death in 1896. In 1900 he married Jane M. Wiswell, a native of Vermont. She died in 1913.