Norman O. Houston, Edythe A. Houston, and Mr. Finkelberg, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Norman O. Houston, Edythe A. Houston, and Mr. Finkelberg, Los Angeles, 1940s

Date Created

[1940s?]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

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

Notes

Summary

Norman O. Houston was one of the first African Americans to earn a varsity letter in football at UC Berkeley. He graduated from UCLA and became an executive with the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company. He was appointed president of the Los Angeles NAACP in 1964. He participated in the 1965 Selma, Alabama March. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration, U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare during the Nixon adminisatration 1971-1973.
Edythe Houston was the wife of Norman Houston, of the Golden State Insurance Company.
Mr. Finkelberg (first name unknown) was an insurance salesman.

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Mr. Finkelberg is seated at the far left. Just behind him are Edith and Norman Houston.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Finkelberg, Mr.
Houston, Norman O., 1893-1981
Houston, Edythe A. (Edythe Adelaide), 1904-1995

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

People

Insurance agents--California--Los Angeles
African American insurance executives--California--Los Angeles