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The Story of Fred Ross and the Community Service Organization in Los Angeles
Fred Ross co-founded the Community Service Organization with Edward Roybal in 1947. The group began going door to door to reach out to local residents, focusing on getting Mexican Americans to register to vote and help immigrants obtain citizenship. With its growing power base, the CSO began to lobby city officials Take on corrupt police departments and help more local candidates like Roybal win elections. American History Tellers is sponsored by Mill, which we've been using for about a month now And we really like it It's even become a bit of a celebrity topic of conversation Is it a composter? No, it's better And it works?" Yeah, really well"
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