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Title
Group of African American women, Los Angeles, 1950s
Date Created and/or Issued
[1950s?]
1950/1959
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
Mr. Gordon identified the woman (standing 5th from the left) as Emily Brown Childress Portwig, but the woman's identity is undetermined.
Bessie Bruington Burke is standing second from left. Standing fourth from left is Aurora Slater, 5th is Emily Brown Childress Portwig. Seated second from left, with a young boy in front of her, is Marjorie Bright McPherson. Seated at the far right is Yolande Stovall. Seated in the center of the photo is Emily Woodie (eyes closed).
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Type

Identifier
601
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0601
Collection 1867 Box 5 Folder 4
ark:/21198/zz0025ppt6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Lifestyle
African American women school principals--California--Los Angeles
African American women teachers--California--Los Angeles
Stovall, Yolande
McPherson, Marjorie Eloise, 1906-1958
Portwig, Emily Brown Childress, 1896-1960
Slater, Aurora
Burke, Bessie Bruington, 1891-1968
Woodie, Emily
Source
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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