Norman O. Houston, Edwin Jefferson, and Ivan J. Johnson III at a golf awards ceremony, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Norman O. Houston, Edwin Jefferson, and Ivan J. Johnson III at a golf awards ceremony, Los Angeles, 1940s

Photographer

Cutler, George M. (George Miles), 1901-1949

Date Created

[1940s?]

Date

1940/1949

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Notes

Summary

Ivan J. Johnson III was a Los Angeles attorney. He was one of the first African Americans to letter in track at USC and UC Berkeley. He was a charter member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Shortly before his death, he was honored by the Langston Law Club as the dean of local attorneys.
Norman O. Houston was one of the first African Americans to earn a varsity letter in football at UC Berkeley. He graduated from UCLA and became an executive with the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company. He was appointed president of the Los Angeles NAACP in 1964. He participated in the 1965 Selma, Alabama March. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration, U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare during the Nixon adminisatration 1971-1973.
Edwin L. Jefferson was the first African American judge west of the Mississippi River, appointed to the Los Angeles Municipal Court (1941), the Los Angeles County Superior Court (1949), and the 2nd District Court of Appeal (1961).

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Men at a golf award ceremony (L to R): Norman B. Houston, two unidentified men holding trophies, Edwin Jefferson, and Ivan J. Johnson III. An unidentified man holds the base of a microphone.
L to R, facing camera: Norman Houston, two unidentified men, Edwin Jefferson, Ivan J. Johnson III.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Houston, Norman B. (Norman Benjamin), 1923-2005
Jefferson, Edwin, 1905-1989
Johnson, Ivan J., III, 1903-1975

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Events
People

African American golfers
Awards