Dinner given in honor of Marshall Shepherd, Los Angeles, March 1947

Item Overview

Title

Dinner given in honor of Marshall Shepherd, Los Angeles, March 1947

Photographer

Merriman, Ted

Date Created

March, 1947

Date

1947-03

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

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

Notes

Summary

Leon H. Washington, Jr. was the publisher of the Los Angeles Sentinel.
Jonathan L. Caston was pastor at Trinity Baptist Church; he ran to represent District 7 on the Los Angeles City Council (he narrowly lost to Don Allen).
John L. Branham was the pastor at St. Paul Baptist church.
W. D. Carter was a minister at the Friendship Baptist Church in Pasadena.
Loren Miller was an attorney at the time; he later became a California Superior Court Justice in Los Angeles County. Miller was known for his work fighting for equal access to housing and education. He was also the editor of the California Eagle after Charlotta Bass.
Marshall Shepherd was the U.S. Recorder of Deeds in Washington, D. C. and pastor of Philadelphia's Mount Olivet Baptist church.

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
L to R: Rev. W. D. Carter, Leon H. Washington, Jr., Marshall Shepherd, Exie Lee Hampton, Violetta and Reverend Jonathan L. Caston, Rev. John L. Branham, Herbert Lampkin, and Loren Miller.
Text from newspaper caption: Honor guest -- Marshall Shepherd, U.S. Recorder of Deeds, is seen above at a dinner in his honor at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Jonathan L. Caston last week...Marshall expressed his best wishes for success in the current campaign to elect Rev. Caston to the city council from District 7. (Los Angeles Sentinel, 6 Mar. 1947: 5)

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Miller, Loren
Shepherd, Marshall
Caston, Violetta, 1897-1999
Hampton, Exie Lee, b. 1902 or 03
Branham, John L., 1913-1984
Carter, W. D. (William Dennis), 1865-1960
Washington, Leon H., Jr. (Leon Harold), 1907-1974
Lampkin, Herbert.
Caston, Jonathan L., 1897-1966

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Lifestyle

African American clergy--California--Pasadena
African American clergy--California--Los Angeles
African American clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
African American journalists--California--Los Angeles