Mary Mcleod Bethune, speaker at Second Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 1938 (?)

Title: Mary Mcleod Bethune, speaker at Second Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 1938 (?)
Alternative title: Second Baptist Church, Los Angeles
Date Created: [1938 (?)]
Date: 1938
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description: Group portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune, event speaker, and 22 African Americans at the Second Baptist Church. Mrs. Bethune is in the front wearing a black dress and is leaning on the podium; Norman O. Houston is present (9th from right). On arch above the sanctuary is painted: "One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism".
Mary Jane McLeod Bethune was an American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian and civil rights activist best known for starting a private school for African-American students in Daytona Beach, Florida. She also was appointed as a national adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of what was known as his Black Cabinet.
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.
Caption: Written on back of photo: 1938? Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune, speaker at Second Baptist Church

Genre: photographs
Names: Houston, Norman O. (Norman Oliver), 1893-1981
Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955
Second Baptist Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Subject Geographic: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.02155
Latitude: -118.2564
Resource type: still image
Subjects: African American civic leaders
Insurance executives
African American churches