Frank Wilkinson
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Frank Wilkinson was an American civil liberties activist who served as executive director of the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation and the First Amendment Foundation.
Frank Wilkinson addressing crowd on March 2, 1966, from property within the town of Chapel Hill over the stone wall (property line) of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill after the university's refusal to allow Herbert Aptheker and himself to speak to students that invited them to campus.
Chavez Ravine
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Chavez Ravine, or Chávez Ravine, is a shallow canyon in Los Angeles, California. It sits in a large promontory of hills north of downtown Los Angeles, next to Major League Baseball's Dodger Stadium. C
Frank Wilkinson
…including the Communist Party. Wilkinson was caught up in the McCarthy Era when he defended a major public housing project, Elysian Park Heights, for the Chávez Ravine section of Los Angeles. Many residents of this area had already been displaced due to the impending construction of a new public housing project to be…
Chavez Ravine Arboretum - Elysian Park - Los Angeles, California
Chavez Ravine is named after 19th century Angeleño politician Julián A. Chávez.
A memorial plaque marking the location of the first Jewish site in Los Angeles, in Chavez Ravine.
Los Angeles County Sheriffs forcibly evicting Aurora Vargas from her home on Malvina Avenue in Chávez Ravine, as part of the "Battle of Chavez Ravine".