Charlotta Bass with her high school class, Providence, circa 1900

Item Overview

Title

Charlotta Bass with her high school class, Providence, circa 1900

Alternative title

Charlotta Bass and the California Eagle newspaper

Date Created

[circa 1900]

Date

1900

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

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 (second row, center) with her high school class and two or three teachers. There are five African American students in the class of about 50 students.

Caption

Written on back of photo: credit Southern California library for Social Studies & Research, Inc.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs

Names

Bass, Charlotta A., 1880-1969

Subject Geographic

Providence (R.I.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American civil rights workers
African American newspaper editors