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Description:: J. H. Shackelford was a prominent civic leader in Los Angeles. A businessman and real estate broker, he served as president of the local NAACP
Date:: November 26, 1916
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Group portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune, event speaker, and 22 African Americans at the Second Baptist Church. Mrs. Bethune is in the front wearing a black dress and is leaning on the podium; Norman O. Houston is present (9th from right). On arch above the sanctuary is painted: "One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism".
Date:: [1938 (?)]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Edward L Binum was the son of pioneers Margaret and Edmington Binum.
Date:: [circa 1890-1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Roy Fowler's father, John Fowler, wrote a column called "Spreading Joy," which was published in the California Eagle newspaper. John Fowler's sister, Cora, married Felix Beckford and lived in Oakland. Their daughter, Ruth Beckford, is a dancer, teacher and author.
Date:: November 24, 1918
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Robert Owens, Sr., was an early African American pioneer in Los Angeles. He had a business and owned land.
Date:: 1884
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Sylvia Dorothy "Dottie" Quinn posing with a plate in the Kitchen.
Date:: 1980
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Quinn, Alfred Thomas Collection
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Description:: James Henry Coleman was a pioneer contractor & business man in Redding.
Date:: [circa 1915]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Actress Beulah Hall with members of the Lincoln Motion Picture Company, left to right: Clarence Brooks (secretary), Noble Johnson (president), Dudley Brooks (assistant secretary), and Dr. James Smith (treasurer). They are standing in front of a picket fence and a building with wood siding.
Date:: [circa 1921]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, is the oldest church founded by African Americans in the City of Los Angeles, dating to 1872. Biddy Mason established the church to minister to the mind, body, and soul of the community. This church served as the cornerstone of the community for spiritual growth, social uplift, and economic development.
Date:: December 13, 1973
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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