Fay Allen was a member of the Los Angeles City Board of Education, an organist, a teacher, a civil rights activist, and political strategist. She was the first African American woman to be elected to the Board of Education, and she founded the Black Musicians’ Union in the early 1900s. She believed in working with diverse communities to foster civic engagement and social uplift. Gilbert W. Lindsay was on the board of directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 1953 to 1958. He became Los Angeles's first black council member in about 1963, and served in that capacity for 27 years. Flier advertising the Los Angeles County Negro Democratic Club, with two photographs and captions. Robert Bentley Strather was a civic worker and Elks club official. He was the California State Senate Sergeant at Arms, and a public relations counselor. Upper caption: They Study Good Government. This group of executives and workers of the LOS ANGELES COUNTY NEGRO DEMOCRATIC CLUB represents a part of the large membership of this energetic organization which was organized in 1937 to support the candidacy of Miss Fay Allen for the Board of Education of Los Angeles city. The club makes a special study of good government, which is its chief objective. At its regular meetings, research reports, lectures, and civic discussions comprise a large part of the program. Lower caption: Leading officials of the Los Angeles County Negro Democratic Club are (left to right): Robert P. Strather, county coordinator of the club; Gilbert W. Lindsay, president and Democratic chairman, Colored Division of Los Angeles County; Miss Fay Allen, chairman of the Board of Directors and chairman of the women's division of the club.
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African American civic leaders African American civil rights workers City council members Allen, Fay, 1889-1974 Strather, Robert B. (Robert Bentley), 1889 or 90-1957 Lindsay, Gilbert W. (Gilbert William), 1900-1990
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