Who's Who in California, Norman O. Houston, S. P. Johnson, Clarence Muse, Los Angeles, 1942-1943

Title: Who's Who in California, Norman O. Houston, S. P. Johnson, Clarence Muse, Los Angeles, 1942-1943
Alternative title: Prominent Individuals featured in African American Periodicals
Date Created: [1942-1943]
Date: 1942/1943
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description: S. P. Johnson was a director of the Conner-Johnson Mortuary.
Page 215 of The Official California Negro Directory: A West Coast Directory, 1942-1943 with portraits and captions for Norman O. Houston, S. P. Johnson and Clarence Muse.
Clarence Muse was an African American vaudevillian, actor, singer, screenwriter, director, composer, and lawyer. Muse was the first African American to "star" in a film. He acted for more than sixty years, and appeared in more than 200 movies.
Norman O. Houston was the president of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, at one time the largest black-owned business west of the Mississippi. He was the son of a pioneer California family, grew up in Oakland, and was a graduate of the University of California Berkeley. Houston was a lieutenant in World War I and was a captain of the California state guard, reserve.

Genre: clippings
Names: Houston, Norman O. (Norman Oliver), 1893-1981
Johnson, S. P. (Simon Peter), 1875-1951
Muse, Clarence
Resource type: still image
Subjects: African American actors
Insurance executives
African American businesspeople