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Title
Clipping from the Pittsburgh Courier with stories about Los Angeles, February 26, 1949
Date Created and/or Issued
Feb. 26, 1949
1949-02-26
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
U.S. High Court may test L.A. bias
Alleged 'Commie' affiliation brings firing after probe
One story describes the firing of Jerome E. Golden from the Los Angeles Post Office following an investigation into whether or not he was affiliated with the Communist Party. The other story concerns attorney Daniel G. Marshall's petition to the U.S. Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of the Los Angeles Bar Association's segregation policy.
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Type

Identifier
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0809
Collection 1867 Box 6 Folder 3
809
ark:/21198/zz0025pxmg
Language
English
Subject
Media
African Americans--Segregation--California--Los Angeles
African American lawyers--Civil rights
African American postal service employees--Dismissal of--California--Los Angeles
Anti-communist movements--California--Los Angeles
Associations, institutions, etc.--African American membership--California--Los Angeles
Marshall, Daniel G
Golden, Jerome E
Los Angeles Bar Association Membership
Source
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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