Charlotta Bass and others, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Charlotta Bass and others, 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

Jim (James Russell) Goodrich had a rich and varied journalism career. He obtained a journalism degree from the University of Illinois, and earned two masters degrees from UCLA: in journalism and political science. He was an urban affairs reporter for the Press-Telegram (in Long Beach), and an assistant director of information and reseatch for the Joint Center of Political Studies in Washington D.C.. He was with John son Publications for more than 10 years where he was, at various times, Hollywood editor and associate editor of Ebony magazine and West Coast Bureau chief for Jet magazine. He was the public relationist for Sammy Davis Jr. and, afterwards, as an editor at the Los Angeles Sentinel (1966-67). He went on to teach at Harbor College, UCLA, and UC Irvine, then became the director of the Mass Media Program at Central Washington University in Washington state.
Charlotta A. Bass was the editor of the California Eagle.
Jessie Mae Brown Beavers was a journalist and editor for the Los Angeles Sentinel. She was also a community activist. She was married to insurance executive LeRoy A. Beavers, Jr. (he passed away in 2010 at age 87). They had three children together. Mrs. Brown Beavers died in 1989.
Eddie Burbridge was a journalist, and served as the Sports Editor for the California Eagle before becoming the Theatrical Editor for the Los Angeles Sentinel.
Lillian Lomax was the sister of Gertrude Gipson. Lomax later married oral surgeon Dr. Delo Overstreet Gray.
Leon Hardwick started his career at the newspaper The Call and went on to work as a public relations expert.
Gertrude Gipson Penland was a syndicated columnist, editor, nightclub owner, publicist, and civil rights activist. She was a columnist and entertainment editor for the California Eagle and, then, for the Los Angeles Sentinel.

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Seated at the head of the table is Charlotta A. Bass. Seated on the far side of the table, from the L: Lillian Lomax (1st), Gertrude Gipson (2nd), and Jessie Mae Brown Beavers (5th). Standing, from the L: Leon Hardwick (1st), Jim Goodrich (?) (3rd), and Eddie Burbidge (4th).

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Hardwick, Leon
Beavers, Jessie Mae Brown, 1923-1989
Goodrich, Jim, 1918-1988
Gibson-Penland, Gertrude, 1923-1999
Bass, Charlotta A., 1880-1969
Burbridge, Edward Dejoie, Sr., 1902-1975

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Lifestyle
People

African American newspaper editors--California--Los Angeles
African American journalists--California--Los Angeles