box 1, folder 1
Colonel Allensworth
1993-2008; undated
Scope and Contents
Articles, programs, brochures, and pamphlets regarding Allensworth State Historic Park, and Colonel Allensworth.
box 1, folder 18
Actors- general file
2000, 2004, 2019; undated
Scope and Contents
greeting card featuring Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis; 20th Century Fox lobby cards;
Jet featuring Taye diggs on the cover; article about Cynthia Erivo in
LA Sentinel; program for event honoring Cicely Tyson.
box 1, folder 2, box 3
Black Female Activists and Trailblazers
1992-2018
Scope and Contents
Includes postcards, one-sheets, calendar, and clippings regarding Mary Church Terrell, Mary McLeod Bethune, Hattie McDaniel,
Fannie Lou Hamer, women featured in "Freedom Sisters" exhibit at Cincinnati Museum Center, Georgia Floyd Morris. Also includes
one calendar "African American Influential Women". Calendar is located in Box 3.
box 3
Black History Calendars
2006, 2019-2021
box 1, folder 16
Black History booklet
1974; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes information on George Washing Carver, Mary McLeod Bethune, Booker T. Washington, Arthur Ashe, Carter G. Woodson,
and others.
box 1, folder 24, box 3
Black History- general file
2003-2016; undated
Scope and Contents
Great African Americans knowledge cards; Black Heritage postcards; article on Montgomery Bus Boycott, Inaugural Poem by Maya
Angelou, article "Black History of the Statue of Liberty", copy of lyrics of the Black National Anthem, article on black history
in
LA Sentinel, and other documents.
box 1, folder 16
Brown, James
December 2006
Scope and Contents
memorial service program [reproduction]
box 1, folder 3
Buffalo Soldiers; Military
2005; 2011
Scope and Contents
Includes one article "Soldiering on for history", and email with subject line "U.S. Navy and Africa Who Ran Gam on Who in
the 1700s"
box 1, folder 4
Carson, CA.
1966-2004; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings, articles, programs, brochures, booklets. A majority of the material in this file is in regards to PFC
James Anderson Jr. Memorial Park, 2004 Unity Day, programs for anniversary festivals.
box 1, folder 5
Central Ave. (Los Angeles)
1995, 2007; undated
Scope and Contents
Clippings and articles
box 1, folder 6
Charles, Ray
2003-2005
Scope and Contents
Mostly newspaper articles regarding Charles' death. Also includes articles regarding Jamie Foxx's Oscar win for "Ray" and
photographer Howard Morehead.
box 1, folder 16
Churches
undated
Scope and Contents
"The Universal Church Usher's Manual" by George T. Grier
box 1, folder 16
Clayton, Avery
2009; undated
Scope and Contents
obituary, library brochure
box 1, folder 16
Cochran, Johnnie
April 2005
Scope and Contents
funeral program [reproduction]
box 1, folder 7
Del Amo Homeowners Association
Scope and Contents
Articles of Incorporation, memorandums, maps, flyers, brochure.
box 1, folder 8
Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum
2009-2010; undated
Scope and Contents
brief history, centennial airmeet celebration flyer, article, docent tour instructions.
box 1, folder 16
Douglass, Frederick
1998, 2020; undated
Scope and Contents
postcards of historical site and portrait of Douglass; bookmark; article "Frederick Douglass Speaks...Frederick Douglass Speaks
on Willie Lynch", article "Descendants of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass Discuss the Legacy and Future of Black America"
LA Sentinel
box 1, folder 19
Events- general file
1990, 2002-2009
Scope and Contents
Walter Mosley celebration program; Ladies of Elegance flyer; Black History Month brown bag lunch flyer; Authors Study Club
list of events; 16th Annual Black History Celebration flyer; NAACP 81st Convention program
box 1, folder 16
The Fillmore
2009
Scope and Contents
Print outs from PBS website regarding their documentary on the Fillmore.
box 3
Jackson, Michael
2009
Scope and Contents
Articles in
Los Angeles Times,
Our Weekly, and
LA Sentinel about Michael Jackson's death.
box 1, folder 16
Juneteeth
1983, 2011; undated
Scope and Contents
articles about the history of Juneteenth.
box 1, folder 9
Kawanzaa
1999, 2002; undated
Scope and Contents
blank greeting cards, articles about the history of Kwanzaa.
box 1, folder 10
King Jr., Martin Luther
1968, 1988-2002; undated
Scope and Contents
postcards, reproduction of memorial service program, children's book "The Life and Words of Martin Luther King Jr.", brochure
for Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site,
Life "The Dream Then and Now", quiz, and other materials. Also includes memorial service program and biography for Yolanda King.
box 1, folder 16
Levert, Gerald
November 2006
Scope and Contents
Memorial service program [reproduction]
box 1, folder 16
Malcolm X
undated
Scope and Contents
postcards featuring Malcolm X image; greeting card with
Ebony cover "The legacy of my husband Malcolm X"; photocopy of quote.
box 1, folder 16
Marshall, Thurgood
2003-2004
Scope and Contents
Article regarding Thurgood Marshall stamp, print-outs from websites regarding Brown v. Board of Education traveling exhibit,
Marshall biography
box 1, folder 16
Mason, Biddy
2004, 2020
Scope and Contents
flyer for 6th annual Bridget (Biddy) Mason Unsung Shero Legacy celebration; Wikipedia article on Mason;
LA Sentinel article "The True Silent Leaders of the Black Church"
box 1, folder 11
McBride, Ernest
May 2007
Scope and Contents
Newspaper articles regarding McBride's passing.
box 1, folder 20
Museums/Exhibitions- general file
1997-2020
Scope and Contents
"Harry Adams: Camera and Community" exhibit program; California African-American Genealogical Society brochure; African American
Firefighters Museum brochure; National Museum of African American History and Culture postcards and calendars; Black Inventions
Museum brochure; California African American Museum card; information on Harlem 1900-1940 exhibit
box 1, folder 21, box 3
Musicians- general file
1967, 1984, 1985, 2004-2006, 2016; undated
Scope and Contents
cards by artist Ramsess on Esther Phillips, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday;
Rolling Stone Magazine featuring Marvin Gaye; Temptations program; "An Evening with the Motown Sound" program; Luther Vandross in concert
program; War [band] program; obituaries for Bill Shearer, Gene McFadden, and Earl Fatha Hines; article on Nathaniel Ayers;
website print-out about Mills Brothers; calendars. Calendars are located Box 3.
box 1, folder 12
North on South
2003-2005, 2017
Scope and Contents
Flyers, and documents regarding North on South musical.
box 1, folder 17
Parks, Rosa
2005
Scope and Contents
Memorial service program [reproduction]
box 1, folder 13, box 2, box 3
Obama, Barrack
2007-2012, 2018; undated
Scope and Contents
Articles, bookmark, children's book "Barack Obama America's 44th President!", decorative plate, oversized photograph of Barack
and Michelle Obama, calendar. A majority of this file are
Los Angeles Sentinel,
Los Angeles Times, and
Press-Telegram articles regarding the Obamas and President Obama's inaugurations.
box 1, folder 22
Theater- general file
2000-2015
Scope and Contents
article on Sam Lucas; programs for: The Color Purple, Recorded in Hollywood the Musical; information about Hudson Theatres.
box 1, folder 23
Tours- general file
2004, 2015
Scope and Contents
documents related to Living History Tour, Pasadena Heritage Craftsman Weekend House Tour, Black History Tour of Los Angeles,
and Gamble House Summer tour.
box 1, folder 17
Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
2007
Scope and Contents
Online print-outs from: Wikipedia, CNN, Exodus Online, and an unknown source about the Tulsa Race Riot.
box 1, folder 14
Tubman, Harriet
undated
Scope and Contents
Brochures, tour guide, bookmark for Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Park and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad
Byway
box 1, folder 17
Tuskegee Airmen
2002, 2016
Scope and Contents
article "Tuskegee Airmen Receive Congressional Gold Medal"; booklets.
box 1, folder 15
West Adams Heritage Association
1995, 2003-2018; undated
Scope and Contents
Programs, flyers, articles mostly related to tours and the history of West Adams.
box 1, folder 25
Notes presumably taken by Stewart
2000, 2003; undated
