Subject: African American civic leaders / Genre: photographs - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: William Edgar Easton seated with his granddaughter, Athenaise Marie Houston, in his lap and his daughter, Dorothy Easton Houston, standing behind him, in front of a house.
Date:: [1924-1925]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Ursula Pruitt Murrell received a BA and MA in education from USC and was a music teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District for 30 years. A member of several civic, cultural and charitable organizations, she was known for her involvement in civic work.
Date:: 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Ursula Pruitt Murrell received a BA and MA in education from USC and was a music teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District for 30 years. A member of several civic, cultural and charitable organizations, she was known for her involvement in civic work.
Date:: 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: SS Ocean Telegraph was a World War II navy military ship. It was built by Moore Dry Dock Company of Oakland, California.
Date:: [June 30, 1944]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: SS Ocean Telegraph was a World War II navy military ship. It was built by Moore Dry Dock Company of Oakland, California.
Date:: [June 30, 1944]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Vivian Osborne Marsh was born in Houston, Texas, and received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley. She founded the Berkeley campus’ Kappa Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. She went on to found several other chapters. Two major projects that she organized were the Traveling Library, which provided books to rural portions of Georgia, and Teen Lift, which provided opportunities for underprivileged teenagers to visit events such as symphonies and operas. She was involved in many civic organizations. On February 21, 1981, the mayor of Berkeley honored her contributions by declaring it to be Vivian Osborne Marsh Day.
Date:: [1950-1970]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Thomas "Tom" Bradley was the first African American Mayor of Los Angeles from 1973-1993. He was a police officer, and then a Los Angeles city council member in the 1960s
Date:: [1960s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Titus Alexander was a historian and civic leader, politician and historian in Los Angeles.
Date:: [1920-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Titus Alexander was a historian and civic leader, politician and historian in Los Angeles.
Date:: [between 1940-1952]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Dr. Roscoe Fred Whiteman was physician. A member of the American Legion, a post was named after him.
Date:: [1934-1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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