Norma Green, C. W. Hill, and Anne Brown, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Norma Green, C. W. Hill, and Anne Brown, Los Angeles, 1940s

Date Created

[1940-1959s]

Date

1940/1959

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

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

Notes

Summary

Anne Wiggins Brown was an African American soprano radio and concert singer, perhaps best known for singing the part of Bess in the world premier of Porgy and Bess in Boston. In the late 1940s, Brown moved to Norway, to escape the continuing racial prejudice in the United States.
Norma Green was married to Eddie Green, of the Duffy's Tavern radio show.
Dr. C. W. Hill had a varied, but successful, career as a dentist and real estate broker; he was also involved with the International Film and Radio Guild (IFRG), an organization dedicated to protecting the rights of minorities in the entertainment world.

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
L to R: Norma Green, C. W. Hill, Anne Brown.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Green, Norma Ann Amato, 1923-2010
Brown, Anne, 1912-2009
Hill, C. W. (Charles Wesley), Dr., 1900-1977

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

People

African American women singers
African American real estate agents--California--Los Angeles
African American businesspeople--California--Los Angeles