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. Charlotta Bass (front row, second from left) at the anniversary party with Reverend J. Raymond Henderson, pastor of the Second Baptist Church from 1941-1963 (front row, left), Reverend Clayton Russell, of the People's Independent Church of Christ (front row, third from the left) Mabel V. Gray, a member and leader of many African-American women's clubs (front row, far right), Dr. Foster, a Los Angeles physician (back row, left).
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African American civil rights workers African American newspaper editors Russell, Clayton Donovan, 1910-1981 Henderson, J. Raymond (Joseph Raymond), 1898-1985 Bass, Charlotta A., 1880-1969 Gray, Mabel V. (Mabel Vernon), 1895-1981 California Eagle (Firm) Foster, Dr
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