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Photograph was edited for publication purposesPhotograph article dated January 29, 1963 partially reads, "Newly appointed Valley Councilman Louis Nowell assumed his seat today along with the first Negro ever to serve on the Los Angeles City Council amid a mounting swirl of controversy. In a surprise move Monday, the council appointed Nowell, 47, a Fire Department captain, and Gilbert Lindsay, 62, a Negro who once was a Water and Power Department janitor, to the vacant 1st and 9th councilmanic posts. Both men, to serve until June 30, are candidates on the April 2 primary ballot for the unexpired two-year terms left open by the resignations of Congressmen Everett Burkhalter and Edward Roybal." Louis W. Nowell is pictured at left, holding a phone to his ear.
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