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Title
Charlotta Bass with her high school class, Providence, circa 1900
Alternative Title
Charlotta Bass and the California Eagle newspaper
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1900]
1900
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 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 (second row, center) with her high school class and two or three teachers. There are five African American students in the class of about 50 students.
Written on back of photo: credit Southern California library for Social Studies & Research, Inc.
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b06_f02_001a.tif
ark:/21198/z1vt392p
Subject
African American civil rights workers
African American newspaper editors
Bass, Charlotta A., 1880-1969
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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