U.S. senator from 1943 to 1955 and 38th district California State Assembly member from 1936 to 1942. Head of the California Senate Factfinding Subcommittee on Un-American Activities ("Tenney Committee") and leader of anti-communist investigations.
Son of Griffith park founder Griffith Jenkins Griffith. President of the Los Angeles Park Board and was manager of the Griffith Park Transportation Company. Member of the Los Angeles Police Commission.
UCLA university archivist, director of the UCLA Oral History Program, and head of the UCLA Department of Special Collections. First president of the Society of California Archivists.
Dean of the UCLA College of Business Administration. Head of management training for the UCLA Engineering, Science, and Management War Training Program.
Co-founder and owner of the Aquarian Spiritual Center and the Aquarian Bookshop, a black-owned bookstore specializing in materials relevant to African American politics and life.
Head of the UCLA library reference department. Known for his involvement in the case Moore v. Younger, which challenged issues of censorship and intellectual freedom in libraries.
Co-founder and executive director of the Westside Center for Independent Living and disability services coordinator for the city of Culver City. Special assistant to the chancellor and ADA/504 compliance officer at UCLA.
Dancer. University of California, Berkeley ballet teacher and administrator of the Denishawn Company's dance school. Interviewed because of connection to Katherine Philips Edson, a political activist for California's Progressive Party.
Union organizer and president of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) Local 1414. President of the California Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and member of the Communist Party.