L.A. Stories: Community SpotlightMain MenuIntroductionThe greater Los Angeles area is on the traditional lands of the Gabrielino/Tongva, Chumash, Fernandeño Tataviam and Yuhaaviatam/Maarenga’yam (Serrano) peoples. We acknowledge their presence here since time immemorial and recognize their continuing connection to the land, to the water and to their ancestors.PeoplePlacesContributorsChronology of ArtifactsMapping the CollectionVisualize the ExhibitIn this visualization, artifacts are green, themes are blue, and contributors to the exhibit are red.Acknowledgements
Tom & Ethel Bradley Center
12021-10-18T16:05:19-07:00Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673e395904The Tom & Ethel Bradley Center (formerly known as the Institute for Arts & Media) archives contain over one million images from Los Angeles based freelance and independent photographers between the 1930s to the present. Approximately 80% of the collection is comprised of African American photographers in and near Los Angeles. The Bradley Center is the only repository for photographs before 1993 from the Los Angeles Sentinel. Oral histories, manuscripts, and other ephemeral materials support the photographic collection. Additionally, the archives contain over six dozen oral histories from African American photographers, Civil Rights leaders and organizers, individuals involved with the history of Los Angeles, Journalism, Mexicans in Exile, and the United Farmworkers. Audio and video comprise the collection along with the personal papers of many individuals and organizations. The manuscript collections contains the papers of many Los Angeles civic leaders, the AFL-CIO, AFT, CA Federation of Teachers, Community Relations Committee of the Jewish-Federation Council of L.A., CPPA, League of Women Voters of L.A., and the United Way of L.A. Other collections include the archives of Journalist Michael Emery and the United Farmworkers Organization. The archives represent one of the largest collections of African American photographers west of the Mississippi and the most extensive collection in Southern California. Represented in the African American collection is the Civil Rights Movement and its leaders as well as local churches, politicians, musicians (many from the jazz era), singers, entertainers, athletes and social organizations. Coverage includes Dr. King, Tom Bradley, Sam Yorty, Rev. H.H. Brookins, Thurgood Marshall, Malcolm X, Earl Warren, Louis Armstrong, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Muhammad Ali, Errol Garner, Dinah Washington, James Baldwin, and many other luminaries. There is documentation of political campaigns, voter registrations and thousands of images of daily life and public occasions such as marches and protests, celebrations and parades. Photographers include Harry Adams, Charles Williams, Guy Crowder, Jack Davis, James Jeffrey, Roland Charles, Maxie Floyd, Calvin Hicks, Black Photographers of California, Bob Douglas, and Gordon "Specs" Powell. Outside of Los Angeles is coverage of the wars in El Salvador and Honduras, the Afro-Columbian community Palenque de San Basilio near Cartagena, Cuba, the Masai and the Maya refugee camps in Mexico. There is extensive documentation of the United Farmworkers organization and César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, Gibert Padilla, Luis Valdez and other leaders of the union and its members. The Bradley Center's Border Studies Collection contains oral histories, video, and photographs documenting border issues and economic violence in Mexico. Also included in the archives are images of the San Fernando Valley including high school and college events. Additionally, IAM houses the Plaza Methodist Church (Los Angeles United Methodist Museum of Social Justice) archives of the beginnings of the church, documenting early Los Angeles and the immigrant communities between the 1890s to the 1960s. Photographers include Richard Cross, Emmon Clarke, Herb Carleton, and Julián Cardona.
http://www.csun.edu/bradley-centerstructured_gallery2021-10-19T11:25:39-07:00Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673eThe Tom & Ethel Bradley Center (formerly known as the Institute for Arts & Media) archives contain over one million images from Los Angeles based freelance and independent photographers between the 1930s to the present. Approximately 80% of the collection is comprised of African American photographers in and near Los Angeles. The Bradley Center is the only repository for photographs before 1993 from the Los Angeles Sentinel. Oral histories, manuscripts, and other ephemeral materials support the photographic collection. Additionally, the archives contain over six dozen oral histories from African American photographers, Civil Rights leaders and organizers, individuals involved with the history of Los Angeles, Journalism, Mexicans in Exile, and the United Farmworkers. Audio and video comprise the collection along with the personal papers of many individuals and organizations. The manuscript collections contains the papers of many Los Angeles civic leaders, the AFL-CIO, AFT, CA Federation of Teachers, Community Relations Committee of the Jewish-Federation Council of L.A., CPPA, League of Women Voters of L.A., and the United Way of L.A. Other collections include the archives of Journalist Michael Emery and the United Farmworkers Organization. The archives represent one of the largest collections of African American photographers west of the Mississippi and the most extensive collection in Southern California. Represented in the African American collection is the Civil Rights Movement and its leaders as well as local churches, politicians, musicians (many from the jazz era), singers, entertainers, athletes and social organizations. Coverage includes Dr. King, Tom Bradley, Sam Yorty, Rev. H.H. Brookins, Thurgood Marshall, Malcolm X, Earl Warren, Louis Armstrong, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Muhammad Ali, Errol Garner, Dinah Washington, James Baldwin, and many other luminaries. There is documentation of political campaigns, voter registrations and thousands of images of daily life and public occasions such as marches and protests, celebrations and parades. Photographers include Harry Adams, Charles Williams, Guy Crowder, Jack Davis, James Jeffrey, Roland Charles, Maxie Floyd, Calvin Hicks, Black Photographers of California, Bob Douglas, and Gordon "Specs" Powell. Outside of Los Angeles is coverage of the wars in El Salvador and Honduras, the Afro-Columbian community Palenque de San Basilio near Cartagena, Cuba, the Masai and the Maya refugee camps in Mexico. There is extensive documentation of the United Farmworkers organization and César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, Gibert Padilla, Luis Valdez and other leaders of the union and its members. The Bradley Center's Border Studies Collection contains oral histories, video, and photographs documenting border issues and economic violence in Mexico. Also included in the archives are images of the San Fernando Valley including high school and college events. Additionally, IAM houses the Plaza Methodist Church (Los Angeles United Methodist Museum of Social Justice) archives of the beginnings of the church, documenting early Los Angeles and the immigrant communities between the 1890s to the 1960s. Photographers include Richard Cross, Emmon Clarke, Herb Carleton, and Julián Cardona.
1media/Kicheko_Davis_OH_Interview_thumbnail.JPG2021-10-11T10:17:53-07:00Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673eFormer US member Kicheko Davis4This image of former US member Kicheko Davis was taken at the time of her oral history interview with Dr. Karin Stanford and Keith Rice for the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center. It accompanies the oral history interview presented in this exhibit, during which Miss Davis describes the creation of the African American holiday, Kwanzaa.media/Kicheko_Davis_OH_Interview.JPGplain2021-10-21T12:41:47-07:0001/04/2016Tom & Ethel Bradley CenterIn Copyright- if this option applies, please answer the next question34.2343828 , -118.5527462Keith Rice and Dr. Karin StanfordCourtesy of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center at California State University, NorthridgeCurtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673e
1media/icon_audio.png2021-10-11T10:17:53-07:00Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673eKicheko Davis Discusses the First Celebration of Kwanzaa3In this oral history interview audio clip, Kicheko Davis, a former member of the US organization discusses the why, how, and where of how she and fellow members of the organization created the now-internationally celebrated African American holiday, Kwanzaa.Kwanzaa is celebrated around the world most people are unaware of its Los Angeles origins. Or that it was created by the members of US, a black Nationalist organization located in Los Angeles.media/Kicheko_Davis_Kwanzaa_Audio_Clip.mp3plain2021-10-19T13:36:20-07:0001/04/2016Tom & Ethel Bradley CenterIn Copyright- if this option applies, please answer the next question34.0150915 , -118.3476559Dr. Karin Stanford and Keith RiceKicheko Davis, interview by Dr. Karin Stanford and Keith Rice, digital recording, 04 January 2016, Oral History Program in the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center, California State University, Northridge.Azatuhi Babayan74097555e69815676ea9b222e9e6b3bfcbe131cd
1media/Maulana_Karenga_and_Hakim_Jamal_thumbnail.jpg2021-10-11T10:17:53-07:00Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673eCo-founders of US2Ron Karenga, a.k.a Maulana Ndabezith Karenga or Roland McKinley Everett and Hakim Jamal (right) a cousin of Malcolm X by marriage are co-founders of the US organization.Maulana Karenga and Hakim Jamal are the co-founders of the Black Nationalist US organization, which is responsible for creating the African American holiday Kwanzaa.media/Maulana_Karenga_and_Hakim_Jamal.jpgplain2021-10-21T15:23:19-07:0002/01/1966Tom & Ethel Bradley CenterIn Copyright- if this option applies, please answer the next question34.0522342 , -118.2436849Harry AdamsCourtesy of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center at California State University, NorthridgeAzatuhi Babayan74097555e69815676ea9b222e9e6b3bfcbe131cd