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1. Biolgraphy of John Parker - 2022

   Born in 1952 to Julius and Hazel Parker, John grew up in a segregated Monrovia. During the tumultuous 1960s at Monrovia High, John was a star athlete and "Wildcat of the Year". He played basketball for CSU San Luis Obispo before returning to Monrovia to raise his own family. After the death of George Floyd in 2020, John has really focused on his African American themed art work. His family has six generations in Monrovia.

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2. Green Machine article - c. 1967

   Newspaper clipping about John Parker's school mascot and basketball at Monrovia High.

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3. History of African Americans In Monrovia

   Includes the stories of many Black Monrovians and the segregated school, Huntington Elementary.

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4. John Parker Art Work - May-23

   An exhibit of John Parker's art at the Monrovia Museum of History.

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5. John Parker w/ Parker - May-23

   John Parker with his great granddaughter "Parker" (8) at the Library Park in Monrovia.

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6. Julius Parker Sr. letter to John Parker - Jun-70

   Grandfather Parker sent this treasured letter - with $1 - to John for his high school graduation. Dad Julius would send updates of his children to Julius Sr.

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7. Monrovia MVP - c1970

   John Parker was co-captain of basketball as a senior at 6'3", 163 lbs. The team won the Pacific League and Parker was MVP. From 1970 Yearbook.

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8. Monrovia's Asian American History

   Details the stories of Monrovia's Asian American residents, including the Asano, Uyeda, and Tsuneishi families -- where they lived and worked and their experience in internment camps in WWII. Quotes from interviews with their descendents.

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9. Recuerdos de Monrovia: History of Mexican Americans

   Details the stories of the Mexican Americans, including the Garcías, the McKinns, the Espinosas, the Guardados and others -- where they lived, worshipped and worked. Quotes from interviews with their descendents. Descriibes predjudice, including segregation at the Municipal Plunge. "DE FACTO SEGREGATION AND THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: About ten percent of Monrovia was African American and "White trade only" signs were prevalent into the...

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10. Yosh Kuromiya at 609 S. California Street - 2017

    Yosh Kuromiya (1923-2018) was born in Sierra Madre and raised in Monrovia. His parents, Hisamitsu James (18871969) and Hana Tada rented 609 S. California St, but were forced to move south of the racial line after complaints. They lived almost two blocks north of Olive. They moved to Huntington Drive and Primrose. Yosh Kuromiya graduated from MAD High in 1941. While interned at Heart Mountain camp, Yosh is a famous consicentious draft resister wit...

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11. Yosh Kuromiya at Monrovia train station - 2017

    At 93 years of age, Yosh revisits Monrovia. Yosh Kuromiya was a landscape architect and a member of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee. He was forced into camp with other Japanese Americans in 1942.

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