Wilkins (Ron) Los Angeles Community Alert Patrol Collection, 1966-2023

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Summary

Title:
Ron Wilkins Los Angeles Community Alert Patrol Collection
Dates:
1966-2023
Creators:
Wilkins, Ron
Abstract:
The Ron Wilkins Los Angeles Community Alert Patrol Collection contains Wilkins's published book, original Community Alert Patrol (CAP) materials including a volunteer roster and patrol reports, related news clippings, and Wilkins's teaching materials and speeches about CAP. Ron Wilkins was the head of the Community Organizing Patrol, founded in June 1966 to "police the police." The materials document police brutality and racism in Los Angeles, California focusing on the time period following the 1965 Watts Riots, also known as the Watts Rebellion or Watts Uprising.
Extent:
.208 linear feet and 2.07 Gigabytes
Language:
English.
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Background

Scope and content:

The Ron Wilkins Los Angeles Community Alert Patrol Collection includes Wilkins's published book, original Community Alert Patrol (CAP) materials including a volunteer roster and patrol reports, news clippings about CAP, and Wilkins's teaching materials and speeches about the Community Alert Patrol. The materials document police brutality and racism in Los Angeles, California focusing on the time period following the 1965 Watts Riots, also known as the Watts Rebellion or Watts Uprising. Notably, the CAP reports provide firsthand accounts of police activity, brutality and interactions with Black community members. Materials are arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Biographical / historical:

Ron Wilkins is an activist and scholar focusing on Pan-African international organizing, revolutionary photojournalism, and strengthening mutually supportive relationships between Black and Brown peoples. He was the head of the Community Organizing Patrol (CAP) and a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

The Community Organizing Patrol (CAP) was founded in June 1966 by the Temporary Alliance of Local Organizations (TALO). It was the first civilian volunteer patrol group in the U.S. to "police the police". It operated for approximately one year. The group used patrol cars to move around the Los Angeles area, used radios provided by SNCC to communicate, submitted nightly reports, and worked to keep an eye on the Los Angeles Police force, trying to improve the treatment of Black community members.

Acquisition information:
Ron Wilkins, 2024.
Processing information:

Carri Frola, 2024.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-04-08 09:47:14 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

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Location of this collection:
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330, US
Contact:
(818) 677-4594
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