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Title
Loren Miller, seated, with Billy G. Mills and Eula English at the opening of the 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
Loren Miller, seated, beside Billy Mills speaking at a microphone, and Eula English, with a crowd of people behind them at the opening of the English Square office complex at 85th and Broadway. The owner of English Square was attorney Herman English.
Billy G. Mills became a Councilman of the 8th District in 1963. He became a Los Angeles Superior Court judge in 1974.
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_005a.tif
ark:/21198/z1jh5468
Subject
African American journalists
African American civil rights workers
African American judges
Building dedications
African American lawyers
Mills, Billy G., 1929-
Miller, Loren
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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