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Charlotta Bass speaks at a campaign rally when she was a candidate for Congress in the 14th District, Los Angeles, 1950

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Title: Charlotta Bass speaks at a campaign rally when she was a candidate for Congress in the 14th District, Los Angeles, 1950
Alternative Title: Charlotta Bass, Congressional candidate
Contributor: Prominent Individuals and Families, 1885-1980
Date Created and/or Issued: 1950
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Charlotta Bass speaks at a rally during her Progressive Party campaign for Congress in the 14th District. Reuben Borough is seated on the stage in a light-colored jacket. The banner above reads "Elect Charlotta Bass for Congress, Peace, Jobs, Equality." The same year, Borough was the party's candidate for State Treasurer.
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.
Photo: Southern California library for Social Studies & Research, Inc.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b06_f03_003a.tif
ark:/21198/z1kd3fwg
Subject: Women in politics
Political campaigns
African American politicians
Progressivism (United States politics)
Bass, Charlotta A., 1880-1969
Borough, Reuben W., 1883-1970
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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