Party in a personal residence, Los Angeles, 1940s

Summary: Vince Monroe Townsend, Jr. was an attorney. Admitted to the California Bar in 1943, he was an advocate for abolishing restrictive covenants for minority groups in residential areas inthe late 1940s. From about 1947 to about 1965, he ran for political office at the city and State levels several times. Affiliated with the Republican Party starting in 1956, he returned to the Democratic Party in 1966. As of 1966, he was a Los Angeles County public defender. In 1987 he was a judge pro tempore in the Inglewood Municipal Court.
Williams, who in 1969 became the first African American judge appointed to the Federal Court west of the Mississippi, was part of a second generation of lawyers in Los Angeles.
Helen Wright was the wife of Crispus Attucks Wright and the sister of John McClain.
Crispus Attucks Wright was a Beverly Hills civil rights attorney, a businessman, and a benefactor to the Law School at the University of Southern California.
Description: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Vince Townsend (likely) is seated on the floor onthe left, David Williams, dressed in a dark suit, is seated on the floor (3rd from the right). Crispus Wright is standing in the back row, 3rd from the right. In front of him (dressed in a light-colored blouse) is Helen Wright.

Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Subjects: Culture
Entertainment
Events
Lifestyle
Subject topic: Parties--California--Los Angeles
African American lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Names: Townsend, Vince Monroe, Jr., 1906-1997
Williams, David W., 1910-2000
Wright, Helen, 1922-1978
Wright, Crispus Attucks, 1913-2001
Location: California--Los Angeles
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local identifier: YRLSC_gordonphotos_0281
Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 3
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ARK: ark:/21198/zz0025pbcn
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