Death of a Patriarch
Marlene Adler Marks
October 8, 1998
Tom Bradley was buried Monday, hailed as Los Angeles\’ longtime mayor, statesman, leader and friend. His is a grand biography; a son of Texas sharecroppers and the grandson of slaves, Bradley broke down ethnic and class barriers and forged a new multiracial political base that re-created this capital city of the Pacific Rim.
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