Unbeaten young heavyweight contender Cassius Clay, showed up at City Hall to invite Mayor Sam Yorty to his bout with Argentina’s Alejandro Lavorante at the Sports Area. Clay and Lavorante head the 20th annual City of Hope “Fight for Lives” boxing card.
July 25, 1962.
Herald Examiner Collection, Los Angeles Public Library
These are the images and accounts of how people worked, raised families, built communities, worshiped, maintained relationships, expressed themselves and coped with changes and challenges in the past. Most of the subjects are Americans of African descent.
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