Shades of L.A. is an archive of photographs representing the contemporary and historic diversity of families in Los Angeles. Images were chosen from family albums and include daily life, social organizations, work, personal and holiday celebrations, and migration and immigration activities. Made possible and accessible through the generous support of the Security Pacific National Bank, Sunlaw Cogeneration Partners, Photo Friends, California Council for the Humanities, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
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Title supplied by cataloger.; Image is a reproduction. Marilyn White was born in Los Angeles, California at Hoover Street Hospital on October 17th, 1944 at 1:25 a.m. Her father was a custodian for the LA Unified School District and her mother worked for the United States Postal Service. Marilyn spent her entire childhood in Los Angeles. She attended UCLA and later Pepperdine on a track and field scholarship. She graduated from Pepperdine in 1967. Marilyn competed in track and field at the 1964 Olympics, placing 4th in the 100 meter dash and 2nd in the women’s relay. After graduating university she began a career as a teacher, first as a P.E. teacher and later as a kindergarten teacher. She joined the California African-American Genealogical Society in 1988 and became recording secretary. Group portrait taken outside of what appears to be a church in Phoenix, Arizona, showing members of the Arizona Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, later part of the National Council of Negro Women; the club's motto displayed on the banner reads "Lift as we climb." Club president Ella Sarah White, seated 3rd from left and grandmother of athlete Marilyn White, went on to form the Los Angeles chapter of the Northwestern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;20 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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