Frederick "Fred" Madison Roberts in Los Angeles, 1930s?
Item Overview
- Title
- Frederick "Fred" Madison Roberts in Los Angeles, 1930s?
- Date Created
- [1930s?]
- Date
- 1930/1939
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Notes
- Summary
- Frederick Roberts, the first African American elected to the California Assembly, represented a district that was 70% white from 1918–1934 when he was defeated by the New Dealer, a young man named Augustus Hawkins. The Roberts family owned a mortuary in which Frederick was employed; he was also the publisher of the New Age newspaper. The City of Los Angeles named a park after him.
- Description
- All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph : b&w
Keywords
- Genre
- Black-and-white photographs
- Names
- Roberts, Frederick Madison, 1879–1952
- Location
- California--Los Angeles
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
- People
- African American politicians--California--Los Angeles
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
-
196
Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 1
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0196 - ARK
- ark:/21198/zz0025p7mt
- Manifest url
-
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted