Tommy Jacquette (also known as Tommy Halifu Jacquette) was a community activist best known as the executive director of the Watts Summer Festival. [1][2] Tommy Ray Jacquette was born on December 13, 1943, in Los Angeles, California and grew up in the Imperial Courts housing development in Watts, California.

2009年11月21日 · Tommy Jacquette, who channeled a simmering rage to become one of South L.A.’s most important social activists, died this week of complications from cancer, his daughter said.

2009年11月19日 · Tommy Jacquette: Legendary L.A. Activist Succumbs. He kept the Watts Summer Festival going for over four decades making it an expression of the Black Cultural Experience. Anyone who has known or...

This is Friday, June the 23rd, and this is an interview with Tommy Jacquette. Tommy, could you tell me something about your early life, your parents, siblings, where you grew up? OK. I am one of six children; myself -- four brothers, three other brothers, one is deceased, and two sisters. We were all born and raised in Los Angeles, California.

Tommy Jacquette-Halifu (1943-2009) was a co-founder of the annual Watts Summer Festival in 1966, a founding member of the organization Us, executive director of the Watts Summer Festival for over 40 years, a highly-respected social activist, community organizer, and veteran of …

munity Ngoma -Music Tommy Jacquette-Halifu, executive director of the Watts Summer Festival for over 40 years and highly-respected social activist, community orga-nizer and veteran of the Watts Revolt, was born in Los An-geles, 1943 December 13, to Raymond Jacquett.

2005年8月11日 · Forty years ago today, at an apartment complex seemingly untouched by time, Jacquette was hanging out with the other “young bloods” of the block playing Bid Whiz and drinking beer on a blistering...

2009年11月19日 · Born in South Central Los Angeles in 1943, Tommy as a young man became part of the Black Power Movement of the 1960's and sharpened his leadership skills during his studies at Cal-Poly Pomona. He was acutely aware of the problems and issues facing the African-American community, and he wanted to make a difference.

2009年11月21日 · Tommy Jacquette, the longtime South Los Angeles activist who died Monday at 65, was one of the founders of the Watts Summer Festival, which started in 1966, a year after the riots.

2009年12月3日 · The quality of Tommy Jacquette Halifu’s life can be gleaned from the legacy he has left behind and by the honor and respect paid by those who came to bid him farewell last...