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Bridging the Divide: Tom Bradley and the Politics of Race
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2017 | DVD
Gr 9 Up—When he was elected in 1973, Tom Bradley (1917–98) became the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city with a white majority. He and Los Angeles faced complex challenges: racial and economic divisions, along with a segregated police force. Bradley, the grandson of slaves and son of sharecroppers, and his family moved to the city from Texas in the 1920s, hoping for a better life. A gifted student and athlete, Bradley attended UCLA and in 1940 joined the police force, where he rose to the lev...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
