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In 1953 the Compton development Center was established [6] with programs designed for teens. In the late 1950s, the YWCA Greater Los Angeles began operation of a transient hotel for women and in 1965 the first Los Angeles Job Corps Center opened. By the late 1960s the YWCA established both the East Los Angeles and the Angeles Mesa Activity Centers.
Douglas Dollarhide – California's first African-American mayor of a metropolitan city, Compton [21] Roger Hedgecock – 30th mayor of San Diego, radio talk show host; Rizza Islam (born 1990), member of the Nation of Islam and social media influencer [22] Eric J. Perrodin – mayor of Compton [23] Walter R. Tucker, Jr. – former mayor of Compton
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Think back to the most common jobs that women held in your mom's day, and if that's not far enough back, think about your grandmother. Do secretaries, nurses, teachers and retail sales.
Having worked as a city employee for Compton, Brown decided in October 2012 to introduce what she called her "New Vision for Compton". A newcomer to politics, she defeated 12 candidates, including former mayor Omar Bradley and the incumbent mayor Eric J. Perrodin, to become the youngest mayor of Compton at age 31 [2] [9] and the 8th consecutive African-American elected as mayor.
Outsiders have long pegged Compton as a problem: a cautionary tale of changing demographics, a code word for inner-city violence, a warning of what happens when minorities win power.
She met her future husband, Compton Police Officer Robert Robbins on a blind date. They married just three days later. [4] The union produced two daughters, Paula Mae and Robyn Jane. In 1976, when Compton City Councilman Hillard Hamm was convicted of extortion, Robbins, won a special election to fill his seat. Prior to her election, she was ...
Compton is a city located in the Gateway Cities region of southern Los Angeles County, California, United States, [9] situated south of downtown Los Angeles.Compton is one of the oldest cities in the county, and on May 11, 1888, was the eighth city in Los Angeles County to incorporate.