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First among equals : California legislative leadership, 1964-1992 /
KF373.B76 .A3 1999
Collection Overview

Title:

First among equals: California legislative leadership, 1964-1992

Creator/Contributor:

Brown, Willie L., creator, ive

Creator/Contributor:

Morris, Gabrielle S., ivr

Creator/Contributor:

De Luca, John.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Boyhood in Texas; education: San Francisco State University, 1951-1955, Hastings Law School, 1955-1958; early Democrati party activities; election to state assembly, 1964; legislative issues and politics, 1965-1992; Ways and Means Committee chairmanship, 1969-1974; state assembly speaker, 1980-1993, leadership concerns: government organization, revenue and taxation, African American equity; managing Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign, 1988; working with Phillip Burton, Jesse Unruh, Robert Moretti, Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and other political leaders of the era.

Date:

1999 (issued)

Subject:

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Brown, Willie L
Unruh, Jesse -- 1922-1987
Moretti, Robert -- 1936-
Burton, Phillip
Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald) -- 1905-
Jackson, Jesse -- 1941-
Brown, Jerry -- 1938-
Democratic Party (Calif.)
California. -- Legislature. -- Assembly. -- Speaker's Office.
California -- Politics and government -- 1951-

Note:

Willie Lewis Brown ; with an introduction by John De Luca ; interviews conducted by Gabrielle Morris in 1991 and 1992.
Includes index.

Type:

biography
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 v. (ix, 331 p.) : ill., col. port. ; 29 cm.
25 sound cassettes.

Language:

English

Identifier:

KF373.B76 .A3 1999

Origin:

California