First among equals
Subtitle: California legislative leadership, 1964-1992
By: Willie Lewis Brown ; with an introduction by John De Luca. Interviews conducted by Gabrielle Morris in 1991 and 1992. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Morris, Gabrielle S.; DeLuca, John.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.; Online Archive of California.
Published: 1999
Subjects: Brown, Willie L.; Unruh, Jesse, 1922-1987.; Moretti, Robert, 1936-; Burton, Phillip.; Brown, Edmund G. 1905-1996.; Jackson, Jesse, 1941-; Brown, Jerry, 1938-; Democratic Party (Calif.); California. Legislature. Assembly. Speaker's Office.; African American politicians -- California -- Interviews.; California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Description: Boyhood in Texas; education: San Francisco State University, 1951-1955, Hastings Law School, 1955-1958; early Democrati party activities; election to state assembly, 1964; legislative issues and politics, 1965-1992; Ways and Means Committee chairmanship, 1969-1974; state assembly speaker, 1980-1993, leadership concerns: government organization, revenue and taxation, African American equity; managing Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign, 1988; working with Phillip Burton, Jesse Unruh, Robert Moretti, Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and other political leaders of the era.

tapes 1-14 interviews with Brown. Tapes 15-18: interviews with Bob Connelly. Tape 19: interview with Joanne Murphy. Tapes 20-21 : interview with John Mockler. Tapes 22-23: interview with Steven Thompson. lacking). Tapes 24-25: interview with John De Luca.

Box 1: consists of transcripts of speeches, an interview, public relations material, clippings from Sacramento and San Francisco newspapers, and obituaries of family members. Finally, includes newsletters regarding education legislation, and Gabrielle Morris' notes. Oversize folder 1: contains clippings.