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Life as He Knew It: Photographs of Black Los Angeles From the Walter Gordon Collection
URL: http://www.usc.edu/libraries/about/programs_exhibitions/exhibitions/gordon/blog/

Description:
Companion to an exhibition that "is part of a collaborative effort between USC [the University of Southern California] and other local organizations to preserve community memory. This display allows the public to interact with the fifty-eight photographs" from the collection of Walter Gordon, "a practicing attorney in Los Angeles for sixty-seven years ... [who] became acquainted with many notable members of the African-American community." Photos are from the mid-20th century.

Publisher:
The University of Southern California (USC)

Extra Keywords
Walter Lear Gordon, Jr.

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles
African Americans -- Photographs
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History

LII Database Information:
Record 19378 created by Maria Brandt on 10/17/2005
Last modification on 01/24/2007
Published: 01/24/2007  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19378