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Title: Mayor Fletcher Bowron proclaims Negro History Week in Los Angeles (Calif.)
Date Created and/or Issued: Feb 1950
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron, in the presence of the Reverend Baxter Duke, Evangeline Woodfolk, and Vassie D. Wright, proclaims the first official celebration of Negro History Week (precursor to African American History Month) in Los Angeles.
Type: Image
Identifier: uclamss_1387_b147_49508
ark:/13030/hb2v19n8dz
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Government
Events
African American History Month--California--Los Angeles
Duke, Baxter
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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