Backyard party in Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Backyard party in 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

Sarah Griffin was the wife of dentist Tom Griffin.
Dorothy Vena Johnson was a poet and educator. With Juanita Miller, a social worker and wife of civil rights attorney Loren Miller, she founded the League of Allied Arts in 1939.
Loren Miller was an attorney. 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.
Dorothy Vena Johnson was a poet and educator.
Ursula P. Murrell was a pharmacist for 14 years. She then received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree at the University of Southern California. She also did post-graduate work at U.C. Berkeley and UCLA. She was a special music teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District for 30 years. She was awarded the Honorary PTA Life Membership, the Life Membership in the Los Angeles City Elementary School Music Association 24th Street Elementary School Award, and the Golden Apple at the 1971 Teacher Remembrance Day Award as Outstanding Teacher. She was also very active in civic organizations.

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Dorothy Vena Johnson is fourth from the left, with her back to the photographer. Loren Miller is visible in the center of a group on the left side of the photograph. Mary Lou (Roberson) Tolbert is at the far left of the group on the right side of the photograph. Sarah Griffin is in the same group, near the back wall of the house. Helen (Duncan) Garrott is fourth from the right, in a group of women closer to the photograph. Ursula (Pruitt) Murrell is at the far right of the photograph. The others in the photograph are unidentified.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Miller, Loren
Griffin, Sarah, b. 1900 or 01
Garrott, Helen, 1896-1966
Tolbert, Mary Lou
Vena Johnson, Dorothy
Pruitt Murrell, Ursula

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Entertainment
Lifestyle

Parties--California--Los Angeles
African American lawyers--California--Los Angeles
African American women teachers--California--Los Angeles
African American poets