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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
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Description:: Charlotta Bass was the publisher of the California Eagle newspaper from 1912 to 1951, and a civil rights activist. The California Eagle, covering Los Angeles' African-American community, was one of the oldest and longest running African American newspapers.
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Adobe duplex dwelling located at the corner of New High and Ord Streets in the former neighborhood called Sonora Town. A man is seen purchasing ice cream from a vendor and his mobile cart.
Date:: May 29, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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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
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Description:: The airport located at 135th and Western Avenue was called the Western Avenue Airport from 1936 to 1939.
Date:: [1936-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: African American man and woman standing at the altar in wedding attire, probably at the 1st A.M.E. Church.
Date:: [1940s-1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: A group of African American men standing in front of the newly opened Magnolia Saloon, owned by Robert Stewart, located on the corner of New High and Marchessault Street in “Sonoratown”. All of the buildings lining the street are adobe or wood. A wagon is parked across New High Street near a laundry. Two large trees shade that side of the street near a picket fence. The J.W. Robinson Mansion is visible on the left overlooking Castelar and Bellevue (Sunset Boulevard).
Date:: [circa 1888]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: A group of African American men standing in front of the newly opened Magnolia Saloon, owned by Robert Stewart, located on the corner of New High and Marchessault Street in “Sonoratown”. All of the buildings lining the street are adobe or wood. A wagon is parked across New High Street near a laundry. Two large trees shade that side of the street near a picket fence. The J.W. Robinson Mansion is visible on the left overlooking Castelar and Bellevue (Sunset Boulevard).
Date:: [circa 1888]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: African American men holding picket signs on a street corner. Signs read "If good enough to fight together, why not to work together," "Jim Crow must Go!," "American youth wants Democracy [...]" One man holds a folded newspaper with partial headlines reading "[...]pper attacks [...] Lindenberg"
Date:: [between 1939-1945]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Jackson, Vera, 1911-1999
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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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

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