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Black leadership in Los Angeles Augustus F. Hawkins

The interview includes Hawkin's tenure in the California State Assembly, but focuses chiefly on his service in the United States House of Representatives. The major topics covered are the Black community in Los Angeles, the Watts Riots, public housing projects and legislation, the Office of Economic Opportunity and job training programs, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and equal employment legislation, civil rights legislation, the status of minorities under various presidential administrations, education in the United States, and national government assistance to the city of Los Angeles during much of the twentieth century.

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