Group of five people in black tie, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Group of five people in black tie, Los Angeles, 1940s

Date Created

1940s

Date

1940/1949

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

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

Notes

Summary

Martha Jefferson Louis was an attorney who later married boxer Joe Louis.
William Henry "Studd" Greene was a physician who lived in Washington, D.C.
Walter L. Gordon, Jr. was an African American attorney in Los Angeles.
Hazel Anthony was a widow from Chicago.
Bernard Jefferson was Martha Jefferson Louis's husband at the time. He was an attorney and author of the California evidence benchbook. His brother was Edwin Jefferson, the first black judge west of the Mississppi River.

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Left to right: Walter Gordon, Hazel Anthony, William Henry "Studd" Greene, Martha Jefferson Louis, Bernard Jefferson.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Greene, William Henry, 1900-1983
Anthony, Hazel
Gordon, Walter L., Jr., 1908-2012
Jefferson, Bernard S.
Louis, Martha Jefferson, 1912-1991

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Culture
Events

Minority women lawyers--California--Los Angeles
African American women--California--Los Angeles
African American physicians--Washington (D.C.)
African American lawyers--California--Los Angeles