#changingamerica

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Miriam the Librarian, ca. 1943 (Shades of L.A. Collection) Miriam Matthews, the first African American librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library is shown sitting on the lawn in front of the Watts Branch Library. #changingamerica (at Los Angeles Public Library)

Polytechnic High Students, ca. 1935 (Shades of L.A. Collection) Three students from Polytechnic High School; future Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley (center), Martha Rucker (left) and Peggy Jones (right), pose on campus which at the time was located at Washington Boulevard and Flower Street. #changingamerica (at Los Angeles Public Library)

Addressing the City Council, 1964 (Rolland Curtis Collection) Barbara Bennett, a ninth grader at Charles Drew Junior High School stands before the Los Angeles City Council at City Hall, and reads her prize winning paper on the life and works of educator Mary McLeod Bethune. #changingamerica (at Los Angeles Public Library)

Little League, ca. 1968 (Rolland Curtis Collection) California State Assemblywoman Yvonne Braithwaite Burke poses with a group of Little Leaguers on opening day. #changingamerica (at Los Angeles Public Library)

Brownies at City Hall, 1963 (Rolland Curtis Collection) A local Girl Scout Brownie troop are all smiles on the steps of City Hall #changingamerica (at Los Angeles Public Library)

Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation,1863 & the March on Washington, 1963 #changingamerica (at Los Angeles Public Library)

We like to include witty history in our exhibition #changingamerica