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Title
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority gathering, Los Angeles, 1940s
Date Created and/or Issued
[1940s?]
1940/1949
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorors
A gatherine of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority sisters in Los Angeles.
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Georgia Payton might be the woman in the front row, center. Carol Boswell, seated in front row in white dress, is identified. Also in front row (?) are Clothilde Woodard, and "Mrs. Minnie [last name illegible]" with a dark fabric across their laps. Second row from the back: 3rd from the left is "Mrs. Barnes," 4th from the left is "Audrey Boswell (Jones)." Just behind Audrey Boswell (Jones), to the right. is a women identified as "Mrs. Summers." Third row from the back, in the center is "Naida McCullough."
Type

Identifier
591
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0591
Collection 1867 Box 5 Folder 1
ark:/21198/zz0025ppj2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Lifestyle
Youth
Culture
African American women lawyers--California--Los Angeles
African American women college students--Societies, etc
African American women pianists--California--Los Angeles
African American Greek letter societies--California--Los Angeles
Payton, Georgia
Boswell, Carol
Jones, Audrey Boswell, 1908-2001
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Seamon, Clothilde Woodson, 1906-1999
McCullough, Naida, 1901-1989
Source
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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