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A letter detailing the effects of the City Council upon the poor communities of Los Angeles, including their opposition to the Fair Housing Act, and Fair Employment Act.

Bradley, running for City Councilman's Office, also asks for aid and…

A newspaper article detailing the visit of U.S. Senators to Watts "for a first hand view of the hard times." They visited the Watts Community Action Committee along with viewing the Watts area.

A printed rebuttle to Herbert Apthekcers' positive reading of the "Watts Uprising" as causing improvement in the community ("The Watts Ghetto Uprising" published in Political Affairs, October and November 1965), and Ben Dobbs' understanding that…

A printed sermon regarding not only police brutality but the brutality of the systems of local, state and federal governments suppressing peoples. There is a request for support for the Watts and South Los Angeles black community through donation of…

A flyer for a community forum on the subject of "Racism and the Disabled," hosted by the Greater Watts Center for Independent Living Inc. as well as the Los Angeles Branch-National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression

A public statement detailing the services (assisted living, food, support) provided by the Greater Watts Center for Independent Living as well as a call for volunteers and financial support of the program.

A letter addressed to supporters of the Greater Watts Center for Independent Living asking for donations to support their continued work in Watts, which includes providing assistance (both services and goods) to the disabled community in Watts.

A letter addressed to supporters of the Greater Watts Center for Independent Living asking for donations to support their continued work in Watts

A newspaper article regarding a Watts Labor Community Action program for black youth that gives them the opportunity to camp for two weeks in order to take a vacation from the "congestion" of Watts.

A document discussing the program structure, admission requirements, and changes in legislation that have allowed for the creation of child care center programs, later rebranded as Children's Centers, which provide supervision and instruction for the…