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Title
College graduate in cap and gown receives his diploma
Alternative Title
Shades of L.A. Photo Collection;
Contributor
Shades of L.A. is an archive of photographs representing the contemporary and historic diversity of families in Los Angeles. Images were chosen from family albums and include daily life, social organizations, work, personal and holiday celebrations, and migration and immigration activities. Made possible and accessible through the generous support of the Security Pacific National Bank, Sunlaw Cogeneration Partners, Photo Friends, California Council for the Humanities, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
Date Created and/or Issued
1990
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and educational use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/orderinguse.html for additional information.
The contents of this collection are restricted to personal, research, and non-commercial use. The Library cannot share the personal and/or contact information of the donors, their descendants, or associates who contributed photographs and oral histories to the collection.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.; Image is a reproduction.
Agrippa O. Ezozo immigrated alone to Los Angeles in 1981 from Nigeria, where he was born in 1957. He received a B.A. from Cal State Dominguez Hills and an M.A. from UCLA. He became a benefits analyst at UCLA and served as publisher of the Black Church Review Magazine and the African Diaspora Foundation. He and his wife Wanda had two children.
Ezozo Agrippa in his graduation cap and gown shakes the hand of the Dean at California State University Dominguez Hills as he receives his diploma.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print
Photographic prints
Identifier
00079938
Shades of L.A. Collection; Shades of L.A.: Nigerian American Community
S-014-530 120
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/139059
Subject
Nigerians
Nigerian Americans
Commencement ceremonies
Academic costume
Mortarboards (Caps)
Neckties
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Shades of L.A. Collection photographs
Shades of L.A. Nigerian American photographs
Time Period
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
Source
Ezozo,Agrippa

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