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James Roosevelt and Dr. John Somerville on a truck float during a political campaign, Los Angeles, 1950s

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Title: James Roosevelt and Dr. John Somerville on a truck float during a political campaign, Los Angeles, 1950s
Alternative Title: John Somerville as candidate for L.A. City Council and founding member of NAACP
Contributor: Carter, Roual
Date Created and/or Issued: [1950s]
1950/1960
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: James "Jimmy" Roosevelt II, the oldest son of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, was an American businessman, Marine, activist, and Democratic Party politician.
James Roosevelt behind a microphone on a float equipped with loudspeakers, addresses a group of people, with John A. Somerville standing beside him and three other unidentified men on the truck. This might have been during Somerville's campaign for City Council in the 10th district.
Written on back of photo: Photo by Roual Carter. ce 27940. 4808 S. Central.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b14_f14_002a.tif
ark:/21198/z19g74wg
Subject: Politicians
African American civic leaders
African American politicians
African American dentists
Somerville, John Alexander, 1881-1973
Roosevelt, James, 1907-1991
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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