Charlotta Bass was the publisher of the California Eagle newspaper from 1912 to 1951, and a civil rights activist. The California Eagle, covering Los Angeles' African-American community, was one of the oldest and longest running African American newspapers. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was a Baptist pastor and an American politician, who represented Harlem, New York City, in the United States House of Representatives (1945–71). He was the first person of African-American descent to be elected from New York to Congress. [Wikipedia] Charlotta Bass (left) with Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and his wife, Hazel Scott, with an American flag on the left and flowers behind the group on either side. Hazel Dorothy Scott (1920-1981) was a Trinidadian-born jazz and classical pianist and singer; she also performed as herself in several films.
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African American civil rights workers African American newspaper editors Scott, Hazel Bass, Charlotta A., 1880-1969 Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972
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