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A. C. Bilbrew and others at the Bethune Women's Day event at the Second Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 1962

Description:
A. C. Bilbrew was the director of the first black choir featured in a film, 1928's Hearts of Dixie, which also happened to be the first black "talkie." She was also a pioneer in radio, becoming the first African American soloist on the radio in 1923, and later, the first African American to have and host a show in 1942. She was a cast member of the movie The Foxes of Harrow in 1947. Bilbrew was a champion of women's rights and childhood literacy; she was a community leader, musician, poet, and deputy to Kenneth Hahn (County Supervisor) A Los Angeles branch library is named after her.
Date:
August 1962
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
A. C. Bilbrew and others at the Bethune Women's Day event at the Second Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 1962

Advertisement for Freita Shaw's Etude Etheopian Chorus Benefit Concert, Los Angeles, 1924

Description:
The photograph on the advertisement is a group portrait of the chorus standing in front of a brick building. The flyer reads: "Freita Shaw's / Etude Etheopian Chorus / in its first / Benefit Concert / For the Y. W. C. A. / at the Jefferson High School Auditorium / Monday Sept. 15 8pm. / Etude Etheopian Chori / Freita Shaw, Directress, Mattie Duckett, Business Manager / Juanita Terry, Accompanist / Featuring Classics, Spirituals, Plantation Melodies / The proceeds from this entertainment will go to "Womanhood Armor" / The YMCA's. Health Class / Admission 50 [cents] / Printed by A. J. Johnson, 3213 Central Ave., HU 7228"
Date:
1924
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Advertisement for Freita Shaw's Etude Etheopian Chorus Benefit Concert, Los Angeles, 1924

African American school principals of Los Angeles, 1962

Description:
Alma Willa Greene Covington, was an educator for 40 years and a principal for 17 in Los Angeles. She earned her degrees from the University of Southern California and the University of California Los Angeles. She participated in civic affairs and teacher recruitment. She was the daughter of Thomas A. Greene, and the wife of Floyd Covington Sr.
Date:
April 1962
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
African American school principals of Los Angeles, 1962

Alpha Kappa Alpha 15th Boule conference at UCLA, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
Group photograph of about 125 members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in the courtyard behind Kerckhoff Hall at UCLA. Helen Louise Riddle is standing in the next to last row within the center arch, centered between the ladies who are 3rd and 4th from the right in the last row under the center arch (representing the Sigma Chapter of the AKAs). A flower-covered sign reads "Boule 1932."
Date:
August 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Alpha Kappa Alpha 15th Boule conference at UCLA, Los Angeles, 1932

Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority members Martha Williams, Carol Brice, and Ursula Murrell at a sorority event, Los Angeles, 1935-1950

Description:
Carol Brice was an American contralto. She studied at Palmer Memorial Institute, Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama (BA, 1939), and the Juilliard School of Music (1939-1943). She attracted considerable attention for her role in a production of The Hot Mikado at the New York World's Fair (1939), where she worked with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Brice made her recital debut in 1943, that year becoming the first African-American to win the Walter Naumburg Award. Her concerts often featured the piano accompaniment of her brother, Jonathan Brice.
Date:
[1935-1950]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cutler, George M. (George Miles), 1901-1949
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority members Martha Williams, Carol Brice, and Ursula Murrell at a sorority event, Los Angeles, 1935-1950

Alpha Kappa Alpha women, Los Angeles, 1910-1920

Description:
Dr. Vada Somerville (born Vada Jetmore Watson) of Pomona graduated from USC, married dentist John Alexander Somerville (1912), was the first African American woman and the second African American person to graduate from USC School of Dentistry (1918), and was the first African American woman certified to practice dentistry in the state of California. She was a civil rights activist, highly involved in several civic and community organizations.
Date:
[1910-1920]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Tivoly L. A.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Alpha Kappa Alpha women, Los Angeles, 1910-1920

Bessie Bruington Burke with elementary school students, Los Angeles, 1918-1938

Description:
Bessie Bruington Burke is recognized as the first black principal of a Los Angeles public school. She attended Los Angeles State Normal School (now part of UCLA) and earned her teaching credential in 1911. Her education was paid for by the Los Angeles Forum, a political and civic organization founded by African Americans in the early 20th century.
Date:
[1918-1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Bessie Bruington Burke with elementary school students, Los Angeles, 1918-1938

Boys' school portrait with their teacher at the 49th Street School, Los Angeles, 1940-1960

Description:
Bessie Bruington Burke is recognized as the first black principal of a Los Angeles public school. She attended Los Angeles State Normal School (now part of UCLA) and earned her teaching credential in 1911. Her education was paid for by the Los Angeles Forum, a political and civic organization founded by African Americans in the early 20th century.
Date:
[1940-1960]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Boys' school portrait with their teacher at the 49th Street School, Los Angeles, 1940-1960

Choir of the People's Independent Church of Christ, Los Angeles, 1920s

Description:
Group portrait of Reverend N. P. Greggs with the choir and musicians of People's Independent Church of Christ in front of the church (1025 E. 18th St., & and Paloma). The choir has 45 members. The musicians, three men on each side of the choral group, include three violinists, two trumpet players and one saxophonist.
Date:
[1920s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Choir of the People's Independent Church of Christ, Los Angeles, 1920s

Company A. University Southern California Unit Student Army Training Corps, Los Angeles, circa 1914-1919

Description:
Group portrait of the USC Student Army Training Corps, Company A, with two African American men and 57 white men wearing military uniforms. They are grouped in front of a large palm tree, with a building in the far background, possibly on the campus of the USC.
Date:
[circa 1914-1919]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Company A. University Southern California Unit Student Army Training Corps, Los Angeles, circa 1914-1919