Bishop Sara Butler's funeral procession, Los Angeles, May 1940

Item Overview

Title: Bishop Sara Butler's funeral procession, Los Angeles, May 1940
Date Created: [May 14, 1940]
Date: 1940-05-14
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Notes

Summary: Bishop Sara L. Butler, of the Zion Temple church at the corner of Vernon and Hooper, was shot to death by church treasurer Caldwell Jones (who subsequently committed suicide).
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: Butler, Sara L. (Luttra), 1903-1940
Location: California--Los Angeles
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Events
Culture; Funeral processions--California--Los Angeles
Women bishops--California--Los Angeles
African American bishops--California--Los Angeles

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Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier: 280
Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 3
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0280
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0025pbb4
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Rights statement: copyrighted