Subject Topic: Dedications - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Group gathered following the unveiling of the two murals titled “The Negro in California History” in the lobby of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company’s new home office building (4261 S. Central Ave.). The murals were painted by artists Hale Woodruff and Charles Alston and installed on the lower walls of the Roman travertine against which the group is standing. Left to right: George Beavers, Jr., chairman of the board, Golden State Mutual; Charlotta Bass, Publisher of the California Eagle, pulled the cord to unveil the Charles Alston Mural; Norman O. Houston, President, Golden State Mutual; Gussie Woods, mother of Hale Woodruff, pulled the cord to unveil the Woodruff mural; and Titus Alexander, member of the California Historical Society who aided in the research upon which the murals are based.
Date:: 1949
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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Description:: Nineteen African American women and three men stand in a semi-circle around a plaque dedicating First African Methodist Episcopal Church as a cultural heritage landmark. The street is visible in the background with cars and store fronts.
Date:: December 13, 1973
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Miriam Matthews, sister of businesswoman Ella Matthews and lawyer Charles Matthews, was hired in 1927 as the first African American librarian in the Los Angeles Public Library. Matthews was also a civil rights activist, historian, and collector of African American art and primary source materials.
Date:: December, 13, 1973
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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Description:: Two men hold the symbolic key to the Frederick Roberts Park clubhouse as his wife, Pearl Roberts (3rd from right), and daughters, Patricia Roberts (2nd from left) and Gloria Roberts (4th from left) and two women look on. The unidentified people are probably also family members.
Date:: May 31, 1959
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Text from newspaper caption: Area persons witnessed dedication Sunday of Frederick M. Roberts Memorial Park clubhouse at 4700 So. Honduras street. Newest facility was named in honor of the late legislator, first Negro elected to California State Legislature. (Los Angeles Sentinel, 4 Jun: 1958: A5).
Date:: May 31, 1959
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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