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Title
Ribbon cutting ceremony for English Square office building, Los Angeles, 1964
Alternative Title
Loren Miller family
Contributor
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Date Created and/or Issued
February 19, 1964
1964-02-19
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description
Attorney General Stanley Mosk (3rd from right) ready to cut the ribbon for English Square office complex at 85th and Broadway, with the owner, attorney Herman English, and his wife, Eula (right), and (from left): Reverend W. L. Robinson, Attorney Loren Miller, emcee; and Councilman Billy Mills and his wife, Rubye.
Stanley Mosk was appointed to the California Supreme Court in September 1964 by Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown.
Loren Miller was an American journalist, civil rights activist, attorney and judge. Miller was appointed to the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (1964-1967). Miller's primary civil rights concerns were housing discrimination, police brutality, and discriminatory hiring practices in the police and fire departments. Miller argued some of the most historic civil rights cases ever heard before the U.S. Supreme Court. He was chief counsel before the court in the 1948 decision that led to the outlawing of racial restrictive covenants. He purchased the newspaper, The California Eagle, from Charlotta Bass (1951) and he began writing for the Eagle, which earned him a reputation in the black community as an articulate and outspoken defender of African Americans. Under Loren Miller's stewardship, the California Eagle continued to press for the complete integration of African Americans in every sector of society, and to protest all forms of Jim Crow. He also contributed numerous articles to such journals as The Crisis, The Nation, and Law in Transition. Governor Edmund G. Brown of California appointed Miller to the Superior Court (1964) of California, where he served until his death.
Photographer stamp on back: Please Credit Photo / Harry H. Adams / 42230 So. Avalon Blvd. AD 2-9497 / Los Angeles, Calif.
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b11_f04_029a.tif
ark:/21198/z19w1zn4
Subject
African American journalists
African American civil rights workers
African American judges
Building dedications
African American lawyers
Mills, Rubye Maurine
Mills, Billy G., 1929-
Miller, Loren
English, Herman A. (Herman Adolphus), 1916-1981
Robinson, W. L
English, Eula Mae Jordan, b. 1922
Mosk, Stanley, 1912-2001
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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