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Paul Robeson awaits testimony before the Committee of Un-American Activities

Description:: Civil rights activist and accomplished actor and singer Paul Robeson awaits testimony before the Committee of Un-American Activities.
Date:: circa 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Paul Robeson awaits testimony before the Committee of Un-American Activities

African American soldiers entertain at Camp Ord, Monterey Bay Peninsula (Calif.)

Description:: Camp Ord was the tent city that served as barracks for Fort Ord soldiers during World War Two.
Date:: ca. 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

African American soldiers entertain at Camp Ord, Monterey Bay Peninsula (Calif.)

Paul Robeson and Charlotta Bass, circa 1949

Description:: Actor, singer, and civil rights activist Paul Robeson speaks with fellow activist and California Eagle editor and publisher Charlotta Bass.
Date:: [circa 1949]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Paul Robeson and Charlotta Bass, circa 1949

Slim Gaillard, portrait

Description:: Slim Gaillard, jazz performer, vocalist, and guitarist, poses with his guitar.
Date:: ca. 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Slim Gaillard, portrait

Harry Belafonte plays the drums, Los Angeles, 1965

Date:: August 16, 1965
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Harry Belafonte plays the drums, Los Angeles, 1965

Redd Foxx and his wife, portrait

Date:: February 6, 1973
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Redd Foxx and his wife, portrait

Josephine Baker performing at the Ahmanson in Los Angeles, Calif., 1973

Date:: September 27, 1973
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Frampton, Mary
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Josephine Baker performing at the Ahmanson in Los Angeles, Calif., 1973

Nina Simone, interviewed in her home after returning to the United States from a self-imposed exile, 1985.

Description:: [Caption] Nina Simone: "Now I want recognition in this country."
Date:: July 27, 1985
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Becker, David
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nina Simone, interviewed in her home after returning to the United States from a self-imposed exile, 1985.

Stevie Wonder and Patti Labelle perform at the Shrine Auditorium

Date:: February 6, 1978
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Stevie Wonder and Patti Labelle perform at the Shrine Auditorium

Hank Ballard and the Moonlighters, Los Angeles, 1982

Date:: May 11, 1982
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Hank Ballard and the Moonlighters, Los Angeles, 1982