Creator: Hawkins, Augustus F. / Subject: African American legislators--California--Los Angeles / Collection Name: Augustus F. Hawkins Papers, 1935-1990 - Civil Rights Digital Library Search Results

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Augustus F. Hawkins Papers, 1935-1990

More About This Collection

Date of Original
1935/1990

Subject
United States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor
California. Legislature. Assembly
African American legislators--California--Los Angeles
Legislators--United States

People
Hawkins, Augustus F.

Location
United States, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, 34.05223, -118.24368
United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637

Medium
letters (correspondence)
newsletters
reports
records

Type
Text

Description
The collection consists of materials documenting Augustus F. Hawkins's lengthy service as a U.S. Congressman representing South Central Los Angeles from 1963-90 and as Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee from 1984-90. A small portion of the collection relates to his service as a California State Assemblyman, 1935-62. Materials in the collection cover subjects such as Civil Rights, employment, child care, and equal opportunity with respect to education and job training.
Civil rights materials in the collection consist of documents from Hawkins' legislative service, press releases, newsletters, and speeches.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

Metadata URL
https://calisphere.org/collections/9593/

Language
eng

Original Collection
Augustus F. Hawkins Papers, 1935-1990

Contributing Institution
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections

Rights