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Willie Ford was the photographer for the Compton Communicative Arts Academy from approximately 1970 to 1976. The Academy grew out of the Compton Willowbrook Community Action Council, a War on Poverty agency funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity.

From the guide to the Compton Communicative Arts Academy collection, 1970-1976, (California State University, Los Angeles John F. Kennedy Memorial Library)

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Black arts movement
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