Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley is confronted by the media after leaving City Hall chambers prior to a closed session regarding Police Chief Daryl Gates during furor over the Rodney King beating.

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday, June 28 proclaimed July 1 as Tom Bradley Day in the city to mark the 50th anniversary of the late former mayor’s inauguration.

In 1987, Mayor Tom Bradley rallied with city leaders to fight discrimination and passed an ordinance banning it in private L.A. social clubs. Latest U.S.

Maury Weiner was Mayor Tom Bradley's first chief of staff and a key figure in the black-Jewish liberal coalition that helped elect Bradley in 1973 and that was dominant in city politics for awhile.

Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023 at 11 a.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream the film now with KPBS Passport! Learn how Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley, the first black mayor elected in a major U.S. city with a white ...

William Elkins Jr., a childhood friend of Tom Bradley who was one of the mayor’s most influential advisors, has died. He was 90. Elkins died Wednesday of congestive heart failure at a ...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - In today's email flood there was one that stood out - from Lyn Goldfarb and Alison Sotomayor, noting that today would have been Mayor Tom Bradley's ...

Ethel Bradley, the longest-reigning first lady of Los Angeles as the wife of the city’s first black mayor, Tom Bradley, has died. She was 89. Mrs. Bradley, whose husband held office from 1973 to ...

Tom Bradley was mayor from 1973 to 1993. Ethel and Tom Bradley were married in 1941. "As Los Angeles' first African-American first lady, Ethel Bradley was a true inspiration, ...

Ava DuVernay hopes to create a TV series about Tom Bradley, Los Angeles’ first Black mayor, based on an upcoming book by Malcolm Gladwell.

Ethel Bradley, widow of the late former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, has died at age 89. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Mrs. Bradley died Tuesday. Villaraigosa said she will be remembered for ...

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday, June 28 proclaimed July 1 as Tom Bradley Day in the city to mark the 50th anniversary of the late former mayor’s inauguration. The City Council ...