John Levy, Eddie Mallory, and Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Los Angeles, 1949

Title: John Levy, Eddie Mallory, and Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Los Angeles, 1949
Date Created: 1949
Date: 1949
Language: English
Collection: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Summary: John Levy was a club owner, and Billie Holiday's manager. In 1949, Levy and Holiday were charged with assaulting a man who had harassed Holiday during a concert. Gordon was able to have the charges against Holiday dismissed.
Walter L. Gordon, Jr. was an African American attorney in Los Angeles.
Description: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Left to right: John Levy, Eddie Mallory (behind Gordon), Walter L. Gordon, Jr. (with glasses).
Caption: Handwritten inscription: "John Levy, Billie Holliday's boy friend and manager"

Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Names: Gordon, Walter L., Jr., 1908-2012
Levy, John H.
Mallory, Eddie, ca. 1905-1961
Location: California--Los Angeles
Resource type: still image
Subjects: People; African American musicians
African American lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Musicians--United States

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier: YRLSC_gordonphotos_0034
Collection 1867 Box 1 Folder 2
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0025p224
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