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| Title: | Claude V. Pitts, circa 1921/1930, Los Angeles |
| Date: | 1921-1930 |
| Description: | Postcard with sepia-toned photograph of Claude V. Pitts. The back of the postcard contains the handwritten notation: "Mr. Pitts, musician." In the early 1930s, Pitts was president of the Los Angeles Men's Forum, an African-American civil rights organization. Pitts worked as a blacksmith and shop foreman in Los Angeles. He was twice elected to the presidency of the Los Angeles Men's Forum, a civil rights organization, and he ran two times as a Socialist candidate for the California Legislature. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Postcards |
| Subjects: | Pitts, Claude V. | Postcards | African American men--California--Los Angeles | African American musicians--California--Los Angeles | Musicians--California--Los Angeles | Civil rights movements--California--Los Angeles | African American civil rights workers--California--Los Angeles | Civil rights workers--California--Los Angeles | Los Angeles (Calif.) | Los Angeles County (Calif.) |
| Collection: | Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection |
| Institution: | University of Southern California Libraries |
| Contributors: | Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research | University of Southern California. Digital Archive | Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection (University of Southern California. Digital Archive) |
| Online Publisher: | [Los Angeles, Calif.] : University of Southern California Digital Archive |
| Original Material: | Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection, Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los Angeles |
| Rights and Usage: | Cite as: [photographer]. [title]. From the Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection, Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los Angeles. Digitally reproduced by the University of Southern California Digital Archive. Available: http://digarc.usc.edu. Accessed [date]. Copyright has not been assigned to the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research Researchers may make single copies of images solely for the purpose of private study. Copies for any other purpose must be requested in writing from the director of Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research at the address or e-mail given (phone (323) 759-6063; fax (323) 759-2252). When the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research gives permission for publication, it is as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of online collection: Charlotta Bass / California Eagle collection. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://digarc.usc.edu/search/controller/view/scl-m0251.html |
