Eleven Photographs of 1950s NAACP Activities in California
- Eleven individual photographs with one duplicate, measuring 8 x 10 inches
- Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California, and others: McLain’s Photo Service, Bona Fide Photo Service, et al., 1950
Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California, and others: McLain’s Photo Service, Bona Fide Photo Service, et al., 1950. Eleven individual photographs with one duplicate, measuring 8 x 10 inches. Slightly curled with wrinkling and some folds and tears; overall very good plus.. Eleven photographs showing NAACP activities in and around Los Angeles in the early 1950s. Most are uncaptioned; the one captioned photograph shows the organizers of a 1952 NAACP rally organized in collaboration with the AFL, CIO, and American Jewish Committee protesting the murder of Florida Civil Rights activists Harry and Harriet Moore. The couple were killed in their home, likely by the Klan, though no arrests were made and the case was closed in 2011.
Other photographs include a mixed race group standing outside of the Carillo Auditorium (likely in Santa Barbara) holding folders with “Win With Stevenson” stickers on them, which was the campaign slogan for Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson. Stevenson ran for president in 1952 and 1956, losing both times to Eisenhower. In another photo, a group stands around a desk holding papers that read “The NAACP Condemns So-Called ‘Right to Work’ Laws”, likely concerning 1958 California Proposition 18, a right to work ballot measure. In a photo likely from the early 1950s, a young man holds a flyer reading “UAW-CIO OUTLAWS DISCRIMINATION”, concerning the adoption of International Constitution Article 25, which created the organization’s Fair Practices and Anti-Discrimination Department.
Other photographs that are more difficult to identify include a group holding a large key, a man being presented with a shovel (likely for a groundbreaking ceremony), a young man standing at a church lectern, and a group of men standing with clothing and canned goods, probably for a charity drive.
Of interest to historians of NAACP activities in California during the early Civil Rights era.
Other photographs include a mixed race group standing outside of the Carillo Auditorium (likely in Santa Barbara) holding folders with “Win With Stevenson” stickers on them, which was the campaign slogan for Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson. Stevenson ran for president in 1952 and 1956, losing both times to Eisenhower. In another photo, a group stands around a desk holding papers that read “The NAACP Condemns So-Called ‘Right to Work’ Laws”, likely concerning 1958 California Proposition 18, a right to work ballot measure. In a photo likely from the early 1950s, a young man holds a flyer reading “UAW-CIO OUTLAWS DISCRIMINATION”, concerning the adoption of International Constitution Article 25, which created the organization’s Fair Practices and Anti-Discrimination Department.
Other photographs that are more difficult to identify include a group holding a large key, a man being presented with a shovel (likely for a groundbreaking ceremony), a young man standing at a church lectern, and a group of men standing with clothing and canned goods, probably for a charity drive.
Of interest to historians of NAACP activities in California during the early Civil Rights era.