Shiloh Baptist Church was the second church in Sacramento to be founded and organized by and for African-Americans in 1856. When the church observed its 110th Anniversary in 1966, congratulatory messages were received from the following government officials, including President Lyndon Johnson.
Hamel Hartford Brookins was a bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church for 30 years and a civil rights activist. He helped start and was president of the United Civil Rights Council, which helped the black community recover from the Watts riots in 1965. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s he was an articulate, self-assured champion of black political empowerment.
Group photograph with Reverend A. Milton Ward and his wife, Lydia Ward (2nd and 3rd from left), deaconesses Lettie Beverly (left) and Minnie Tucker (right) and about 54 members of the choir of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church at 8th St. and Logan Ave. The pipes of the church organ are in the background.
Allen Allensworth was born into slavery in Kentucky, served as a Union soldier, became a Baptist minister and educator, and was the first African American to reach the rank of lieutenant colonel. He founded numerous churches, and in 1908 founded Allensworth, California, the only town in the state to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans, now a State Historic Monument. (Wikipedia)
Allen Allensworth was born into slavery in Kentucky, served as a Union soldier, became a Baptist minister and educator, and was the first African American to reach the rank of lieutenant colonel. He founded numerous churches, and in 1908 founded Allensworth, California, the only town in the state to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans, now a State Historic Monument. (Wikipedia)
Allen Allensworth was born into slavery in Kentucky, served as a Union soldier, became a Baptist minister and educator, and was the first African American to reach the rank of lieutenant colonel. He founded numerous churches, and in 1908 founded Allensworth, California, the only town in the state to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans, now a State Historic Monument. (Wikipedia)
Allensworth was a town founded in 1908, with the idea that African Americans could own property, learn, thrive, and live the American Dream. It was named by Lt. Colonel Allen Allensworth. It had a school system by 1910. With the death of Colonel Allensworth in 1914, the town experienced extreme losses, coupled with severe drought and decreased crop yields. Many residents left the area following World War I. The town was memorialized as a state park in 1974, and hosts events annually to preserve its history.
Photograph (not by Gill) in a grouping with 5 sketches for sculptural ornament on Haifa Hospital. Photograph shows partially completed building, including the relief designed by Gill.
This photograph looks west down the Royce Hall colonnade, which appears here populated by students during registration. Royce Hall was the center of activity during the mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus.
Students lined up on the Esplanade on their way into Royce Hall (not pictured). The Physics Biology Building (Humanities Building)--on left--and the Library (Powell Library)--on right--appear in the background. The Esplanade is more generally called Royce quadrangle and is known today as Dickson Plaza. Royce Hall was the center of activity during the mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus.
Students line up for registration at the Women's Gymnasium on what is today known as Wilson Plaza. Officially called the Women's Physical Education Building at the time, the Women's Gymnasium was later known as the Dance Building before being renamed Glorya Kaufman Hall in 2004.
Students lined up on the Esplanade before Royce Hall's south (or front) entrance. The Esplanade is more generally called Royce quadrangle and is known today as Dickson Plaza. Royce Hall was the center of activity during the mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus.
Students lined up on the Esplanade before Royce Hall's south (or front) entrance. Photograph is looking northwest with the edge of the Library (Powell Library) in the foreground. The Esplanade is more generally called Royce quadrangle and is known today as Dickson Plaza. Royce Hall was the center of activity during the mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus.
Captain W.A. Ross of the UCLA Police Department and Lawrence Houston (UCLA 1930)--to Ross' left--joke around during the sale of ASUCLA membership cards at the north (rear) entrance to Royce Hall. Surrounding students or staff are unidentified. This rear entrance to Royce Hall is no longer visible due to the addition of a scenery shop in 1953 and further renovation in 1984 and 1998. Royce Hall was the center of activity during the mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus.
Various students or staff--including Lawrence Houston (UCLA 1930), center in dark suit--sell ASUCLA membership cards at the north (rear) entrance to Royce Hall. This rear entrance to Royce Hall is no longer visible due to the addition of a scenery shop in 1953 and further renovation in 1984 and 1998. Royce Hall was the center of activity during the mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus.
Lawrence Houston (UCLA 1930) and Captain W.A. Ross of the UCLA Police Department joke around during the sale of ASUCLA membership cards at the north (rear) entrance to Royce Hall. Royce Hall was the center of activity during the mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus.
Students register for courses on the cavernous stage of Royce Hall auditorium. Royce Hall was the center of activity during the mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus.
Students register for courses on the cavernous stage of Royce Hall auditorium. Royce Hall was the center of activity during the mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus.
A small group of female students converse on the steps of Royce Hall during mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus. Royce Hall was the center of activity during registration as students lined up to select courses and receive student ID cards.
Juan Francisco Reyes, was a mulatto settler from Mexico who arrived shortly after the original settlers of 1781. In 1784, he received the Spanish Crown’s land-grant for Rancho Los Encinos. After selling it back, he received the land grant for Lompoc. He became the first alcalde (mayor) of the Los Angeles pueblo in 1790.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Born on St. Kitts, R. C. O. (Robert Charles O'Hara) Benjamin attended Trinity College in Oxford, Virginia, became a U. S. citizen in the 1870s, taught school in Kentucky, was a lawyer and may have been admitted to the bar in 12 states, was a journalist, author, and poet, a civil rights activist and a public speaker. He attained many other achievements. He may have been the first person of African descent to pass the bar in California. He was murdered in 1900 in Lexington while helping blacks to register to vote.
Candid shot of Ray Charles playing the piano in front of a curtain, with a man partially visible behind him and bass player with his bass partially visible behind the piano,
Harry H. Adams was active as a photographer in the Los Angeles area during the 1950s-1980s. He photographed the African-American community as a freelance photographer and also did work for the Los Angeles Sentinel and the California Eagle newspapers.
SWAHILI: Picha inaonyesha Ustadh Mau anayesimama kwa jumper la mvua pamoja na rafiki zake jahazini. Jamaa alikwenda kuvua kupumbaa. Kwa boti walikwenda si mbali, anavyokumbuka Ustadh walikwenda sehemu ya Pate.<br>ENGLISH: This picture shows Ustadh standing on a dhow with a rain coat together with his friends. The group went to fish for leisure. They did not sail too far, Ustadh Mau recalls they sailed around Pate.
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.
Thomas L. Griffith Jr. was a Superior Court judge who was the first black ever elected in a Los Angeles countywide vote and the first black attorney ever admitted to the Los Angeles County Bar Association. From 1934 to 1949 he headed the NAACP here and was at the forefront of the integration of municipal swimming pools.
Postmaster Leslie N. Shaw holds his Distinguished Citizen Award. Beside him are former recipients, left to right: Judge Vaino Spencer (1962), Vassie D. Wright (1961) and Lorenzo Bowdoin (1960). They are at the award ceremony held at the Ambassador Hotel.
Carmen de Lavallade is an American actress, dancer and choreographer. In 2004, de Lavallade received the Black History Month Lifetime Achievement Award, and December 2017 she received the Kennedy Center Honors Award. She is the cousin of ballet dancer Janet Collins.
SWAHILI: Picha ya Ustadh Mau iliyopigwa hotelini inavyonyeshwa na kimanda cha chakula.<br>ENGLISH: Portrait of Ustadh Mau taken in a hotel as the hot pots in the background show.
Photograph of Gill in his workman’s smock and cigarette holder in hand by Howard Coster. Signed by Coster. Note included: Negative destroyed in the war.
Police officer Frank White stands next to an early model car in front of his house. He wears a fedora hat. There is a wood frame house in the background with palm trees on either side. This may be the address listed in the 1920 census at 1725 W. 35th Place.
Nate Harrison was born in the American South during the 1820s or 30s. He migrated to California during the Gold Rush, eventually settled on Mount Palomar. He was the first African American homesteader in the area and occupied his homestead from approximately 1856 to 1919. His homestead included a cabin, a patio and an orchard. He had many visitors, and ran a small cottage industry raising sheep, and processing wool and animal hides.
Two plaques at the site of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church building at 8th St. and Towne Ave. with a pictorial image of the church building, and providing a brief history of the A.M.E. and the church's designation as a Los Angeles cultural heritage landmark, and information about the ministers of the church at that time.
Plaque commemorating "Los Pobladores," the 44 families of Indian, African, and European descent who founded Los Angeles, in its current location at El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park in Downtown Los Angeles. The plaque provides historical information, the names of the families, the names if individual family members and their racial background.
Exterior view of the adobe house and office of Pio Pico at the Los Angeles Plaza, south of the fountain. The passage on the south side of the Plaza was called Plaza St. On the left is Firehouse No. 1 (aka The Plaza Fire House; the address is now 105 N. Los Angeles St.).
Exterior view of the Pio Pico Adobe house with a Spanish style gable on the left facade. The electrical pole on the right indicates that the photograph was probably taken after 1917, when electricity was being introduced to the Los Angeles area.
Constructed between 1867-1870, the Pico House hotel was commissioned by Pio Pico, the last Mexican Governor of Alta California, and was designed by the architect Ezra F. Kysor. It is located at 430 North Main St.
The facade of Royce Hall is just visible through the outer wall of the west side of the Physics-Biology Building (Kinsey Hall, subsequently Humanities Building). Both buildings are in their final stage of construction.
Photographed from the Library's octagonal dome, the west side of the Physics-Biology Building (Kinsey Hall, subsequently Humanities Building) is shown in the final stages of construction. Westwood Hills appears in the background.
Photographed from the Library (Powell Library), the west side of the Physics-Biology Building (Kinsey Hall, subsequently Humanities Building) is shown in the final stages of construction.
The inscription over the building's south entrance--"Nothing is too wonderful to be true"--is from a quote by Michael Faraday, English chemist and physicist. Hoover took this photograph during the ongoing construction of the Westwood campus' first academic year. The Physics-Biology Building was renamed Kinsey Hall and is today known as the Humanities Building.
Oriented to show the building's east side and placed outdoors with a Westwood Hills home sales advertisement in the background. The Physics Biology Building was renamed Kinsey Hall and is today known as the Humanities Building.
Oriented to show the building's west side and placed outdoors with a Westwood Hills home sales advertisement in the background. The Physics-Biology Building was renamed Kinsey Hall and is today known as the Humanities Building.
The Physics Biology Building was renamed Kinsey Hall and is today known as the Humanities Building. Photographed while still under construction, the main lecture hall entrance dominates the building's west side.
The west side of the building photographed after landscaping, but prior to the addition of the north wing. The Physics-Biology Building was renamed Kinsey Hall and is today known as the Humanities Building.
The south entrance to the building photographed prior to landscaping. The Physics Biology Building was renamed Kinsey Hall and is today known as the Humanities Building.
An earthmover excavates the site of the building's north wing addition. The Physics-Biology Building was renamed Kinsey Hall and is today known as the Humanities Building.
Booklet with 9 photographs of Gill’s stone lettering from 1904-1906, including descriptions are included under each photograph. Text on the cover states, “To my Father & Mother from A.E.R. Gill. For September 30 & December 2, 1906.”
Hooded, over-the-knee coat with leather-bound edges, leather welt pockets, and leather lining at the sleeve hems. The model carries a leather tote handbag and wears leather pants.
Model wearing a plaid dress. The dress has an over-the-knee length, jewel neckline and slit opening, short dolman sleeves, bloused bodice, a wide lower waist sash, and a skirt cut on the bias. The edges of the neckline, slit opening and sleeve hems are bound in leather. The dress is worn over a funnel neck sweater and the model carries a suede jacket.
Pantsuit in a light colored suede with a hip length vest and trousers. The vest has three flap pockets. The suit is worn with a light colored funnel neck sweater.
Photograph of a young African American woman in a backyard in front of a wooden fence. She is wearing a light-colored cotton gingham dress and a string of pearls.
Phillips Temple C. M. E. Church was established in 1915. The Christian Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) Church is a historically black denomination within the broader context of Methodism. It's also occasionally considered to be a mainline denomination. The group was organized on December 16, 1870 in Jackson, Tennessee, by several black ministers, with the full support of their white sponsors. They called this fellowship the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America, which it remained until their successors adopted the current name in the 1950s.
Founded in 1915, the Peoples Independent Church of Christ was created when 47 members split from First A. M. E. Church. It was located at 1025 E. 18th St from 1915 to 1980, when it moved to 5856 West Blvd.
Approximately thirty unidentified white men standing outside the Monrovia Hotel (500-509 6th St.) with one African American male teenager by standing in the center of the group. A horse and buggy are on the left.
Site of the plaque commemorating the bicentennial of the founding of El Pueblo de Los Angeles, seen from beneath a banner reading "Greater Boyle Heights Historical-Bicentennial Committee of Los Angeles, California." The plaque marks the southeast boundary, at 3821 E. Olympic Blvd., in Boyle Heights. Six people can be seen standing in front of the plaque.