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Title: Dorothy Vena Johnson as a young woman, 1915-1920
Alternative Title: Framed portraits of African American leaders in Los Angeles
Date Created and/or Issued: [1915-1920]
1915/1920
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Dorothy Vena Johnson founded the League of Allied Artists in 1939 with Juanita Miller. She was an organizer for the 12 Big Sisters Club in Los Angeles. She was also an educator, and poet. She was married to attorney Ivan Johnson III.
Dorothy Vena Johnson as a young woman. She is wearing a checked dress, white hat and is standing in a garden in front of a tree.
Written on back of photo: Dorothy Vena, Mrs. Ivan J. Johnson III
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b16_f02_006a.tif
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Subject: African American women poets
African American civil rights workers
African American women
Johnson, Dorothy Vena, 1898-1970
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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