Charlotta Bass speaking at Bethel A.M.E. Church during Negro History Week, San Francisco, 1965

Title: Charlotta Bass speaking at Bethel A.M.E. Church during Negro History Week, San Francisco, 1965
Alternative title: Charlotta Bass, community activism
Photographer: Dorsey, John H.
Date Created: February 1965
Date: 1965-02
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description: Charlotta Bass was the publisher of the California Eagle newspaper from 1912 to 1951, and a civil rights activist. The California Eagle, covering Los Angeles' African-American community, was one of the oldest and longest running African American newspapers.
Charlotta Bass speaking at a lectern in Bethel A.M.E. Church during Negro History Week. Ms. Frances Albrier is seated in the background.
Caption: Written on back of photo: Received from James Abajian

Genre: photographs
Names: Bethel A.M.E. Church (San Francisco, Calif.)
Albrier, Frances M., 1898-1987
Bass, Charlotta A., 1880-1969
Subject Geographic: San Francisco (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: African American civil rights workers
Black History Week
African American newspaper editors