/ Billie Holiday in Los Angeles, 1949

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Title: Billie Holiday in Los Angeles, 1949
Date Created and/or Issued: 1949
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
In 1949, singer Billie Holiday and her manager John Levy were charged with assaulting a man who had harassed Holiday during a concert. Gordon was able to have the charges against Holiday dismissed.
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Identifier: YRLSC_gordonphotos_0317
317
Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 4
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Women singers $zUnited States
African American women singers
Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Source: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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