Group portrait at the presentation of the plaque honoring Biddy Mason at the Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, 1957

Title: Group portrait at the presentation of the plaque honoring Biddy Mason at the Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, 1957
Alternative title: Gladys Owens Smith and Manila Owens (daughters of Robert Curry Owens)
Date Created: February 1957
Date: 1957-02
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description: Jessie Terry was a civic leader in the Los Angeles African American community. She was the first Black school board member and she worked for the Los Angeles Housing authority.
Kenneth Hahn (1920–1997) was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for forty years, from 1952 to 1992. Hahn was on the Los Angeles City Council from 1947 to 1952. He was an ardent supporter of civil rights throughout the 1960s, and met Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1961.
Biddy Mason was an early African American pioneer and Los Angeles landowner.
Gathering for the presentation of the plaque honoring Biddy Mason at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum, including Linda Spikes Cox (center, great-great-granddaughter of Mason) Vassie Wright (left of Linda, President of Our Authors Study Club), and Gladys Owens, great-granddaughter of Biddy Mason (standing, 6th from right). Also present are Jessie Terry (back row, center), and Kenneth Hahn (standing, 5th from right).

Genre: photographs
Names: Terry, Jessie, 1885-1973
Cox, Linda Spikes
Wright, Vassie Davis, 1893-1983
Hahn, Kenneth
Mason, Biddy, 1818-1891
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
Smith, Gladys Mason Owens, 1895-1995
Subject Geographic: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: City council members