He was a highly disciplined man who woke up for a 5 a.m. His friends and family remember a man of humility and quiet strength who strove to be a role model for those around him. Loans from Broadway Federal Bank helped establish Ward African Methodist Episcopal Church, the Second Baptist Church and the Lewis Metropolitan Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and several black neighborhoods in South Los Angeles. in 1946, and Hudson took over the bank in 1972.Īs president and CEO, Hudson focused less on profits and more on growing minority neighborhoods, his daughter said. Claude Hudson, founded one of the first black-owned banks in L.A. “I could not serve the best interests of the Police Department while serving the best interests of my organization and my community,” Hudson said. During a news conference announcing his resignation, he expressed reservations about the direction the department was taking. He resigned his post as vice president of the commission in 1971 to take a position as head of the L.A. He criticized officers for not understanding “the day-to-day oppression under which black and brown people live.” Hudson urged the LAPD to learn more about minority communities, and also counseled his own community against blaming police for things they had no control over. “In view of the present tensions and conflicts that exist in our city today, I am not really sure whether I should thank you for electing me to the presidency,” Hudson said in his acceptance remarks.īack then, the names ringing out at Police Commission meetings were not Ezell Ford and Brendon Glenn but Leonard Deadwyler and Jerry Lee Arnie, both shot and killed by LAPD officers during Hudson’s tenure. When he was named the first black president of the panel in 1966, shortly after the Watts Riots, he did not hide his reservations about the position. In 1963, Hudson was named to the Los Angeles Police Commission, where he became an outspoken advocate for the black community. After the war, he obtained an undergraduate degree at UCLA and earned a law degree at Loyola University. “He felt like he had a lot to live up to,” Karen said.ĭuring World War II, Hudson flew a P-51 Mustang as member of the Tuskegee Airmen, escorting bombers on 23 combat missions in the Mediterranean theater of operations. On Sundays, after church, he helped his father sell NAACP memberships, Karen said. His childhood was steeped in the traditions of the civil rights movement. He attended the 28th Street Grammar School, John Adams Junior High and Polytechnic High. He moved to Los Angeles when he was 3 because his father, head of the local NAACP chapter, was getting death threats. Hudson was born in 1921 in Shreveport, La., the fourth of six children. “He was firmly steeped in not only civil rights and community service, but the idea that for all your blessings you have to give something back,” his daughter said. He mentored dozens of black youth and served as the head of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP. During his tenure as president and CEO of one of the first black-owned banks in Los Angeles, he extended loans and job offers to black, Asian and Latino people who were discriminated against by other banks. 8 at his Los Angeles home.Īn outspoken advocate for black issues, Hudson strove to be an agent of change for his community, his daughter Karen said. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.Hudson, 96, died Aug. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Type of Resource Cartographic Identifiers NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15404146 Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b12b7d50-c5d3-012f-ea0b-58d385a7bc34 Rights Statement The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. Statement of responsibility: by Micheal Coignet, mathematitian of Antwarpe. 97-6027 Topics Geography Asia, Southeastern India Genres Maps Atlases Notes Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. Dates / Origin Date Issued: 1603 Place: London Publisher: Printed for Ieames Shawe, and are to be solde at his shoppe nigh Ludgate, Library locations Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division Shelf locator: Map Div. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlasesĪbraham Ortelius his epitome of the theater of the worlde. Names Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598 (Cartographer) Coignet, Michel, 1549-1623 (Editor) Shawe, James (Publisher) Collection Additional title: The Easte Indies with the iles.
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