Charlotta Bass, editor and owner of the California Eagle, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Charlotta Bass, editor and owner of the California Eagle, Los Angeles, 1940s

Date Created

[1940s?]

Date

1940/1949

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

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

Notes

Summary

Charlotta A. Bass was the owner and publisher of Los Angeles' oldest black newspaper, the California Eagle, from 1912 to 1951. The newspaper, which began publishing in 1879, was one of the longest-running African American newspapers in the West. Bass was also a pioneering civil rights activist and erstwhile political candidate. She organized the South Los Angeles Protective League, to deal with the ousting of non-white families from all-white neighborhoods; the League went on to become one of the main organizations organizing against restrictive racial covenants in Los Angeles. She walked in picket lines to integrate the aircraft industry, among others. Bass original came to California from Rhode Island as a very young woman, and married J. B. Bass, then the owner of the California Eagle. She retired in 1959, selling the paper to Judge Loren Miller. She died in 1969.

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

Bass, Charlotta A., 1880-1969

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

People
Media

African American newspaper editors--California--Los Angeles
African American women political activists--California--Los Angeles