Phi Beta Sigma men, Los Angeles, 1940s
Item Overview
- Title
- Phi Beta Sigma men, Los Angeles, 1940s
- Photographer
- Smith, Jesse, photographer
- Date Created
- [1940s?]
- Date
- 1940/1949
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Notes
- Summary
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Horace P. Clark, Sr. was originally from Mississsippi and graduated from Alcorn College. He relocated to Chicago for better job opportunities and became a railroad man. He later moved to Los Angeles where he and his first wife, Vera, built the Clark Hotel.
Afue McDowell was a well-known attorney.
S.P. Johnson was a director at the Conner-Johnson Mortuary.
Dr. Frank Gary Zetar was a chiropractor.
Mr. Gordon Sr. was Walter L. Gordon, Jr.'s father.
B.B. Bratton earned his B.A. from the University of Chicago and worked in Lousiana as a certified public accountant. He passed the bar in Los Angeles in 1924 and practiced law.
Stokes was indentified as a pharmacist assistant.
Dr. Charles Wesley Hill moved to Los Angeles from Arkansas. Initially working as a dentist, he became a uccessful businessman and real estate broker. Hill was active in the NAACP, the International Film and Radio Guild (IFRG) where he was co-vice president along with Lena Horne, and other civil rights organizations. He was a member of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. Hill was also a fund raiser and party host at his Hollywood home. According to Walter L. Gordon, Jr., at some point Mr. Hill simply disappeared from the Los Angeles scene, and no one knew what had become of him. Census records indicate that he died in Evansville, Indiana in 1977. - Description
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All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Walter L. Gordon, Sr. is standing in the second row, 3rd from the right. B. B. Bratton is also in the 2nd row, 6th from the right. C. W. Hill is seated in the center of the front row. Also seated in the front row are S. P. Johnson (1st from the right), Dr. Frank G. Zetar (1st from the left) and Horace P. Clark Sr. (2nd from the left). Afue McDowell is standing in the second row (1st from the left). The gentleman standing in the second row (1st from the right) is Stokes (first name unknown). The other individuals in the photograph are unidentified.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph : b&w
Keywords
- Genre
- Black-and-white photographs
- Names
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Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Clark, Horace, 1899-1967
Johnson, S. P. (Simon Peter), 1875-1951
Stokes, Doc
Zetar, Frank G. (Frank Gary), Dr., 1904-1977
Hill, C. W. (Charles Wesley), Dr., 1900-1977
Gordon, Walter L. (Walter Lear), Sr., 1883-1949
Bratton, B. B. (Bertrand Ballard), 1899-1969
McDowell, Afue, 1887-1966 - Location
- California--Los Angeles
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
- Culture
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African American Greek letter societies--California--Los Angeles
African American businesspeople--California--Los Angeles
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
-
121
Collection 1867 Box 1 Folder 4
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0121 - ARK
- ark:/21198/zz0025p52k
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted