Pastor Clayton D. Russell with Judge Leonard Kaufman, Los Angeles, 1948

Title: Pastor Clayton D. Russell with Judge Leonard Kaufman, Los Angeles, 1948
Date Created: 1948
Date: 1948
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Summary: Rev. Clayton Russell, pastor of the People’s Independent Church, founded in Los Angeles 1915, was a leader of the Double V movement among African Americans during WWII. (Double V stood for victory at home and abroad). Russell’s crusading sermons extended beyond his congregation of 4,000; he had a weekly radio broadcast. In 1940s coalition struggles to achieve fair housing, open hiring in the defense industry, and economic independence, Rev. Russell was in the forefront.
Description: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
The calendar on the wall is from 1948.

Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Names: Russell, Clayton D. (Clayton Donovan), 1910-1981
Kaufman, Leonard H., 1905-1954
Location: California--Los Angeles
Resource type: still image
Subjects: People; African American clergy--California--Los Angeles
Judges--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier: 174
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0174
Collection 1867 Box 1 Folder 6
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0025p6vz
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